Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment is a film and television production company formed by the 1991 addition of Brad Grey to The Brillstein Company, founded by Bernie Brillstein in 1969.

The Brillstein Company

Bernie Brillstein formed The Brillstein Company in 1969. There, he continued to manage stars and develop television programming, a career he began in the fabled mailroom of the William Morris Agency. He produced such popular television hits as "Hee Haw", "The Muppet Show"cite book |first=Frank |last=Rose |title=The Agency: William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business |year=1995 |location=New York |publisher=Harper |pages=261, 415] and "Saturday Night Live."cite web| url=http://www.hoovers.com/brillstein-grey/--ID__104970--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml |title=Brillstein-Grey Entertainment |publisher=Hoover's |accessdate=2007-11-01]

Brillstein managed Saturday Night Live cast members Gilda Radner , John Belushi and Lorne Michaels, as well as Jim Henson (of Muppets fame) and Paul Fusco (voice and operator of "ALF"). Productions for television included "", and "Normal Life."

Film productions

*"The Blues Brothers"
*"Dragnet"
*"Ghostbusters"
*"Ghostbusters II"

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

In 1984, Brillstein met Brad Grey at a television convention in San Francisco, California. In 1991cite web |url=http://www.wma.com/bernie_brillstein/bio/BERNIE_BRILLSTEIN.pdf |format=PDF |title=Bernie Brillstein Biography |accessdate=2007-11-01] the two formed a production company, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, which packaged programming and managed talent.

Film productions

*"Bulletproof"
*"The Cable Guy"
*"Happy Gilmore" (Adam Sandler)
*"The Replacement Killers"
*"Scary Movie"
*"Screwed"
*"The Wedding Singer"
*"What Planet Are You From?"

Television productions

* For American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
**"Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher

* For Home Box Office (HBO)
**"The Larry Sanders Show" (Garry Shandling, Larry David, Jeffrey Tambor)
**"The Sopranos" (James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco)
**"Mr. Show"

* For National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
**"NewsRadio" (Phil Hartman)
**"Just Shoot Me" (David Spade)

* For Showtime
**"It's Garry Shandling's Show" (Garry Shandling)

* For WB Television Network (WB)
**"The Steve Harvey Show" (Steve Harvey)
* For CBS
**"Good Sports" (Ryan O'neal,Farrah Fawcett)

Brillstein sold his shares in the company to Grey, his one time protégé, in 1996, giving Grey full rein over operations; the company's television unit was subsequently rechristened Brad Grey Television. Grey sold his interest in the company in 2005 due to his succeeding Sherry Lansing as Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures, which created a conflict of interest.

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