Brian Grazer is an American film and television producer. Grazer began his career as a producer of television project Problem Child in 1978 and produced his first feature-film Night Shift in 1982. He was the co-founder of Imagine Entertainment in 1986 whose films and TV series have been nominated for 43 Academy Awards and 131 Emmy Awards. He won an Academy Award for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind and his movies generated more than $13.5 billion in worldwide theatrical. His other significant acting credits include Tower Heist (2011) The Good Lie (2014), The Dark Tower (2017), American Made (2017), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), Hillbilly Elegy (2021).