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Jerry Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945Jerry Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to Jewish immigrants from Germany.

Bruckheimer graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Arizona. A film buff at an early age with an interest in photography, Bruckheimer was a photo fanatic and would take snapshots when he had the opportunity, a camera dangling around his neck. After college graduation, Bruckheimer moved to New York City where he worked in the mail room of an advertising agency. With enough hard work, Bruckheimer segued into commercial producing when he got wind of an opportunity to produce a motion picture. Subsequently, Bruckheimer moved to Los Angeles where he's remained ever since.

During the 1980s and 1990s, he was a co-producer with the late Don Simpson of a string of highly successful Hollywood films for Paramount. His first big hit was with 1983's . Most featured elaborate special effects, a thumping pop music soundtrack, simplistic plots, and highly telegenic if sometimes improbably cast actors.

Despite the setback of the untimely death of Simpson in 1996, has continued to produce a large number of action movies often working with Director Michael Bay, including the hits .

Since 1997 he has branched out into television, creating a number of police dramas of which .

Bruckheimer has been married twice.

Bruckheimer has a Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream IV tail number N477JB.