Bruce Berman
Bruce Berman is Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures ("VRP"). VRP has a longstanding and successful joint partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures with whom it co-produces a diverse slate of motion pictures. The majority of films are distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. with VRP distributing films in select territories.
Life and career
Under the Village Roadshow Pictures banner, Berman has executive produced such wide-ranging successes as Clint Eastwood’s Oscar ® nominated “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper; the animated adventure “The Lego Movie,” directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; director Baz Luhrmann’s box office hit “The Great Gatsby,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire; director Guy Ritchie’s hit action-adventure “Sherlock Holmes,” starring Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law and its sequel “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”; “Ocean's Trilogy,” starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney; the acclaimed drama “Gran Torino,” directed by and starring Clint Eastwood; the blockbuster “I Am Legend,” starring Will Smith; and George Miller’s Oscar ®-winning animated adventure “Happy Feet.
Berman’s upcoming credits include George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action-adventure “Mad Max: Fury Road,” starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron; Brad Peyton’s action-thriller “San Andreas,” and starring Dwayne Johnson; Ron Howard’s action-adventure “In the Heart of the Sea,” based on the Nathaniel Philbrick's bestseller about the dramatic true journey of the whaling ship Essex starring Chris Hemsworth; and “Concussion,” a National Football League sports drama starring Will Smith.
Berman was named Chairman and CEO of VRP in February 1998. Previously, he spent 14 years at Warner Bros., joining the company in 1984 as Production Vice President and then serving as Senior Vice President of Production. In September 1989, he was named President of Theatrical Production and two years later, Worldwide President of Theatrical Production. During his tenure at Warner Bros. he produced and distributed numerous films including “Twister,” “A Time to Kill,” “Batman Forever,” “The Fugitive,” “The Client,” “Outbreak,” “Disclosure,” “Dave,” “The Bodyguard,” “Under Siege,” “Malcolm X,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “Goodfellas,” “Presumed Innocent,” and the Oscar ®-winning Best Picture “Driving Miss Daisy.” In May 1996, Berman started Plan B Entertainment, an independent motion picture company based at Warner Bros.
Berman graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 1975 with a degree in United States History. He also attended Cal Arts Film School and Bennington College. Berman got his start in the motion picture business working with Jack Valenti at the MPAA while attending Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C. After earning his law degree, he landed a job at Casablanca Films in 1978. Moving to Universal, he worked his way up to a production vice president in 1982.[1]
Filmography
As executive producer.
- Practical Magic (1996)
- Analyze This (1999)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Deep Blue Sea (1999)
- Three Kings (1999)
- Three to Tango (1999)
- Gossip (2000)
- Miss Congeniality (2000)
- Red Planet (2000)
- Valentine (2001)
- Saving Silverman (2001)
- See Spot Run (2001)
- Exit Wounds (2001)
- Swordfish (2001)
- Cats & Dogs (2001)
- Training Day (2001)
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
- Don't Say a Word (2001)
- The Majestic (2001)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Queen of the Damned (2002)
- Showtime (2002)
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
- Ghost Ship (2002)
- Analyze That (2002)
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
- Two Weeks Notice (2002)
- Dreamcatcher (2003)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- Mystic River (2003)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- Torque (2004)
- Taking Lives (2004)
- Catwoman (2004)
- Ocean's Twelve (2004)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
- House of Wax (2005)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
- Rumor Has It... (2005)
- Firewall (2006)
- The Lake House (2006)
- Happy Feet (2006)
- Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
- Music and Lyrics (2007)
- The Reaping (2007)
- No Reservations (2007)
- License To Wed (2007)
- The Invasion (2007)
- The Brave One (2007)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
- Lucky You (2007)
- Speed Racer (2008)
- Get Smart (2008)
- Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
- Yes Man (2008)
- Gran Torino (2009)
- Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Sex and the City 2 (2010)
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
- Life as We Know It (2010)
- Happy Feet Two (2011)
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
- The Lucky One (2012)
- Dark Shadows (2012)
- Gangster Squad (2012)
- The Great Gatsby (2013)
- The Lego Movie (2014)
- Winter's Tale (2014)
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
- The Equalizer (2014)
- The Judge (2014)
- Annie (2014)
- American Sniper (2015)
- Jupiter Ascending (2015)
References
- ↑ Bruce Berman Internet Movie Database
External links
- Village Roadshow Pictures Official Website