15 Facts About Bruce Berman

Bruce Berman was born on April 25,1952 and is an American film industry executive and executive producer.

Bruce Berman is the chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures, a position he has held from 1997 to 2021.

Bruce Berman was born to a Jewish family in New York in 1952.

Bruce Berman continued to pursue photography throughout high school and into college, where, as a student at Bennington College, he would take frequent road trips to shoot photos of 20th century Americana.

Bruce Berman's focus shifted to film after he was accepted at the California Institute of the Arts film school.

Bruce Berman attended Georgetown University Law School, earning a juris doctor in 1978.

Bruce Berman began working with Jack Valenti at the MPAA while a student at Georgetown.

Bruce Berman was named president of theatrical production in 1989 and president of worldwide theatrical production in 1991.

In May 1996, Bruce Berman started Plan B Entertainment, an independent motion picture company affiliated with Warner Bros.

In 1997, Warner Bros entered into a joint venture with Village Roadshow Pictures, and Bruce Berman was appointed chairman and CEO.

Bruce Berman established a second joint partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014.

On September 27,2021, Bruce Berman stepped down as chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures.

In May 2023, Bruce Berman came out of retirement to join the new Pan-Asian studio Through The Lens Entertainment as the President and Co-Chairman.

In 1991, Berman was given an Edward S Curtis photograph of a thatched American Indian shelter as a gift.

Bruce Berman has two children; a daughter, with his wife, Lea Russo, and a son from his previous marriage to Goliger.