 American
producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his partner Don Simpson have
been behind some of contemporary Hollywood's highest-grossing
features including Top
Gun (1986). Before becoming a producer in the early
1970s, Bruckheimer was an advertising executive. In 1983, he
and Simpson founded Simpson-Bruckheimer Productions where,
working in conjunction with Paramount Pictures, they began
creating mega-budget action/adventure films. The two are truly
a complementary pair, and in the industry, Simpson is known as
"Mr. Inside" because he worked his way up through
the Hollywood system and is well connected, while Bruckheimer
is known as "Mr Outside" because he gained hands-on
experience with actual filmmaking while working in
advertising. In 1990, their mutual agreement with Paramount
ended as the new Hollywood trend was toward downsizing
enormous budgets. In 1991, the two producers then signed a
five-year non-exclusive deal with Hollywood Pictures, a Disney
subsidiary. -- Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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