Known for Production
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 Bernie Brillstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
April 26, 1931
Died
August 8, 2008 (age 77)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
26 films, 21 shows


The Pity Card
2006 · 12m
Is The Best Place For A First Date Really The Holocaust Museum


Run Ronnie Run
2002 · 1h 24m · US
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.


What Planet Are You From?
2000 · 1h 45m · US
A human-looking alien from a highly advanced but emotionless all-male society is sent to Earth to impregnate a woman and bring the child back to their planet. The alien ends up falling in love while a suspicious FAA agent tails him.


For Hope
1996 · 1h 40m · CA
The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.


Bulletproof
1996 · 1h 24m · US
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.


The Cable Guy
1996 · 1h 36m · US
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the 'friendship', Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behaviour.


The Celluloid Closet
1996 · 1h 42m · FR
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.


Happy Gilmore
1996 · 1h 32m · US
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.


Hexed
1993 · 1h 33m · US
Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by pretending he is someone else. But something goes wrong on the date, she tries to kill him! Soon she kills a couple more people, and unfortunately all the evidence points to Matthew. Gloria, who has been wishing Matthew would ask her on a date, thinks he is innocent and is willing to help, but hardnosed Detective Ferguson is hot on the clues, and closing in on Matthew.


The Wickedest Witch
1989 · 30m · US
Avarissa, a witch so evil that she was banished to an underground kingdom, attempts to trick a human child into committing a despicable act so that she can switch places with him and escape.


Ghostbusters II
1989 · 1h 48m · US
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.


Dragnet
1987 · 1h 46m · US
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.


Spies Like Us
1985 · 1h 42m · US
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.


Summer Rental
1985 · 1h 27m · US
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.


Ghostbusters
1984 · 1h 45m · US
After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.


Doctor Detroit
1983 · 1h 29m · US
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.


Continental Divide
1981 · 1h 43m · US
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.


The Blues Brothers
1980 · 2h 13m · US
Just released from prison, Jake Blues puts his old band back together with his brother Elwood to save the Catholic home where they were raised.


Up the Academy
1980 · 1h 27m · US
Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year.