Bernie Brillstein

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-04-26 (77 years old)

Deathday

2008-08-08

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Bernie Brillstein

Biography

Bernard Jules Brillstein (April 26, 1931 – August 7, 2008) was an American producer and talent agent. He began his career in the 1950s at the William Morris Agency before founding his own company in 1969 and later joining forces with Brad Grey to helm Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (now Brillstein Entertainment Partners), one of the most important and influential Hollywood talent management and production companies. He is remembered for producing successful TV programs like Hee Haw, The Muppet Show, and The Sopranos, and hit films including The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters and Happy Gilmore. Description above from the Wikipedia article Berni...

Acting

2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1984

Ghostbusters

as Executive Producer

1987

Dragnet

as Executive Producer

1996

Bulletproof

as Executive Producer

1985

Spies Like Us

as Executive Producer

1996

The Cable Guy

as Executive Producer

1996

Happy Gilmore

as Executive Producer

1996

For Hope

as Executive Producer

1983

Doctor Detroit

as Executive Producer

2000

What Planet Are You From?

as Executive Producer

1985

Summer Rental

as Executive Producer

1996

The Celluloid Closet

as Executive Producer

1981

Continental Divide

as Executive Producer

1980

The Blues Brothers

as Executive Producer

1989

The Wickedest Witch

as Executive Producer

1980

Up the Academy

as Executive Producer

1993

Hexed

as Executive Producer

2002

Run Ronnie Run

as Executive Producer

1989

Ghostbusters II

as Executive Producer

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