- Took Imagine Entertainment public, then decided he and partner Ron Howard were better off as full-time filmmakers, not full-time Wall Street executives.
- Attended and graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1974).
- Was a surfer before he became a producer.
- Was first introduced to Deep Throat (1972) through his grandmother in 1972. At age 60, she was curious about the movie with all the talk about this and decided to go see the movie with her husband.
- Optioned "Ordeal", the autobiography of former porn star Linda Lovelace, hoping to make a film out of this. He later realized that the story is too narrow and dropped the project. However, he did go on to make the documentary Inside Deep Throat (2005).
- A noted germaphobe, Grazer often opens doors with his left hand - or uses a paper towel - and washes as soon as possible after greeting a stranger.
- Son of Arlene (Becker) and Albert Thomas Grazer. Brother of filmmaker, actor, and singer Gavin Grazer. Uncle of actor Jack Dylan Grazer.
- Ranked #11 on Entertainment Weekly magazine's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (2006).
- When he was five years, Grazer's idol was comic book hero Richie Rich.
- Ranked #17 in Premiere magazine's 2003 annual Hollywood Power List. He had ranked #23 in 2002.
- Ranked #19 on Premiere magazine's 2006 "Power 50" list. Had ranked #20 in 2005.
- Forbes magazine reported his 2006 earnings to be approximately $35 million (2007).
- Nephew of producer/director Bernard L. Kowalski.
- His mother was of Russian Jewish/Latvian Jewish descent, and his father had German and Irish ancestry.
- Had a son, Riley Grazer (born 1986) and a daughter, Sage Grazer (born 1988) with ex-wife Corki Grazer.
- Grazer's favorite car (as of a 1993 interview) was his antique red 1958 Corvette.
- Had two sons with ex-wife Gigi Levangie: Thomas Costa Grazer (born November 15, 1999) and Patrick Grazer (born 2004).
- Formed Brian Grazer Productions in 1980, and merged with Ron Howard's production company Major H Productions to form Imagine Entertainment in 1985. His pre-Imagine films he produced through his company were Night Shift (1982), Splash (1983), Real Genius (1985), Spies Like Us (1985) and Armed and Dangerous (1986) and his pre-Imagine TV series he produced is Shadow Chasers (1985).
- Majored in psychology at the University of Southern California before switching to cinema and television.
- After graduating from the University of Southern California, he attended law school for one year before quitting.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 20, 1997.
- The film's original title was "Born Jaundiced", which the producers understandably elected to change. To do that, they offered a $500 incentive to whichever Imagine Entertainment employee who could come up with the best alternative. As a great deal of the film is set in a funeral parlor, a great deal of the suggestions were along the lines of "Mourning Glory", "In Lieu of Flowers" and "Dearly Departed". Other alternatives included "Vada!" (the name of Anna Chlumsky's lead character) which was rejected on the grounds that it sounded like a South African uprising, and "I Am Woman". Ultimately, it was the film's producer Brian Grazer who came up with "My Girl" (and presumably pocketed the $500 reward himself).
- He became the first person ever to win Emmy Awards for producing across all three genres: Comedy, Drama & Limited Series/TV Movie.
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