Honorees

Over the years, Grazer's films and TV shows have been nominated for a total of 43 Oscars^® and 149 Emmys. At the same time, his movies have generated more than $13.7 billion in worldwide theatrical, music and video grosses. Reflecting this combination of commercial and artistic achievement, the Producers Guild of America honored Grazer with the David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. His accomplishments have also been recognized by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which in 1998 added Grazer to the short list of producers with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On March 6th, 2003, ShoWest celebrated Grazer’s success by honoring him with its Lifetime Achievement Award. In May 2007, Grazer was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.” In January 2009, Grazer and his creative partner, Ron Howard, were honored by the Producers Guild of America with the Milestone Award. In November 2009, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts honored them with the Big Apple Award, and in May 2010, they were honored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center with its Humanitarian Award. In February 2011, Grazer was the MPSE 2011 Filmmaker Award recipient.

In addition to A Beautiful Mind, Grazer's films include Apollo 13, for which Grazer won the Producers Guild's Daryl F. Zanuck Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award as well as an Oscar^® nomination for Best Picture of 1995; and Splash, which he co-wrote as well as produced and for which he received an Oscar^® nomination for Best Original Screenplay of 1984.

Grazer recently produced the 84th Academy Awards hosted by Billy Crystal. He is currently in post-production on RUSH, a high adrenaline Formula One drama starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brüel, directed by Ron Howard and is in production on a film about the MADE IN AMERICA music festival with Jay Z.

Grazer also produced the film adaptation of Peter Morgan’s critically acclaimed play Frost / Nixon directed by Ron Howard. The film, was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, and was also nominated for The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the PGA.

Grazer’s most recent films includes J. Edgar, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Other films include Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy; Cowboys & Aliens, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford; The Dilemma starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James; the drama Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett; the adaptation of Dan Brown’s best selling novel Angels & Demons, starring Tom Hanks, and directed by Oscar^®-winner Ron Howard which opened in May 2009; the drama Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie; the Ridley Scott directed drama American Gangster, starring Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington; the big screen adaptation of the international bestseller The Da Vinci Code; the tense drama The Inside Man, directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster; Flightplan; Cinderella Man; the Sundance acclaimed documentary INSIDE Deep Throat; Friday Night Lights; 8 Mile; Blue Crush; Intolerable Cruelty; Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas; The Nutty Professor; Liar, Liar; Ransom; My Girl; Backdraft; Kindergarten Cop; Parenthood; Clean and Sober; and Spies Like Us.

Grazer's television productions include NBC’s Parenthood based on his 1989 film, NBC’s Peabody Award winning series Friday Night Lights. Additional television credits include Fox's hit Golden Globe and Emmy award winning Best Drama Series 24, Fox’s Emmy award winning Best Comedy Arrested Development, TNT’s Great Escape, Fox’s Lie To Me, starring Tim Roth, CBS’s Shark, NBC’s Miss Match, WB's Felicity, ABC's SportsNight, as well as HBO's From the Earth to the Moon, for which he won the Emmy^® for Outstanding Mini-Series.

Grazer began his career as a producer developing television projects. It was while he was executive-producing TV pilots for Paramount Pictures in the early 1980s that Grazer first met his longtime friend and business partner Ron Howard. Their collaboration began in 1985 with the hit comedies Night Shift and Splash, and in 1986 the two founded Imagine Entertainment, which they continue to run together as chairmen.