Bernie Brillstein

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Bernie Brillstein (b. April 26, 1931 in New York City, New York) is a film and television producer and executive producer. Throughout his two-decade career, Brillstein worked on films such as The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, Dragnet, Ghostbusters II, Happy Gilmore and The Cable Guy. He also worked on television show such as Alf: The Animated Series, Normal Life and The Steve Harvey Show.

Brillstein was also a manager of both John Belushi and Lorne Michaels.

Brillstein was working as a talent agent when he met Brad Grey at a television convention in San Francisco, California; the two soon formed a production company, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. Brillstein sold his shares in the company to Grey in 1986.

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