Ian Bryce
{{Short description|Film producer}}
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|caption = Bryce (center) in 2008
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|birth_place=Totnes, England
|occupation=Film producer
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Ian Bryce (born November 30, 1956) is an English film producer. Starting as a production assistant on Return of the Jedi in 1983, he has since served as a producer for films including Twister, Saving Private Ryan, The Island, Spider-Man, Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. According to The Numbers, his films have grossed $7 billion worldwide—making him the 14th highest-grossing film producer as of {{currentyear}}.{{Cite web|url=https://the-numbers.com/person/203800401-Ian-Bryce|title=The Numbers — Ian Bryce}}
Early life
Bryce grew up in Bristol, England, but moved to the US as a young adult.
Career
Bryce has won and been nominated for many awards, including multiple Golden Globe Awards, Academy Awards and BAFTA nominations for his work as a producer. For Steven Spielberg's World War II drama Saving Private Ryan, he won a Golden Globe Award{{cite web|title= Saving Private Ryan Golden Globe Awards & Nominations|work= Official Website of the Annual Golden Globes(The Hollywood Foreign Press Association)|url= http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24893|access-date= 2010-10-19|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130113075252/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24893|archive-date= 2013-01-13}} and nominations from the Academy Awards{{cite web|title=Nominees & Winners for the 71st Academy Awards |work=The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/71nominees.html |access-date=2010-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619181528/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/71nominees.html |archive-date=June 19, 2013 }} and BAFTA.{{cite web|title= Produced by(2009)|work= Producers Guild of America|url= http://www.producedbyconference.com/2009/ian_bryce.html|access-date= 2010-10-19|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120313215933/http://www.producedbyconference.com/2009/ian_bryce.html|archive-date= 2012-03-13|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|title= Ian Bryce BAFTA Nominations|work= British Academy of Film and Television Arts|url= http://www.bafta.org/search.html?q=Ian%20Bryce&w=true|access-date= 2010-10-19|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120603123949/http://www.bafta.org/search.html?q=Ian%20Bryce&w=true|archive-date= 2012-06-03}} The latter film was the second-highest grossing film of 1998. Almost Famous, another Bryce production, received a BAFTA for Best Film in 2000. Bryce co-produced each the films in the Michael Bay Transformers series, one of the highest-grossing film franchises of the 21st century.{{cite web|title= Lorenzo Di Bonaventura & Ian Bryce Interview - TRANSFORMERS|work= Collider.Com|url= http://www.collider.com/entertainment/article.asp/aid/4658/cid/13/tcid/1|date= 2007-06-18|access-date= 2010-10-19|archive-date= 2012-05-27|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120527134657/http://collider.com/entertainment/article.asp/aid/4658/cid/13/tcid/1|url-status= dead}}
Personal life
After marrying his wife Taylor, they moved to Los Angeles. They have two kids, Mac Bryce, and Alex Bryce.
Filmography
Producer
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- The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
- Twister (1996)
- Hard Rain (1998)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Almost Famous (2000)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Tears of the Sun (2003)
- The Island (2005)
- Transformers (2007)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- Pain & Gain (2013)
- World War Z (2013)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
- War Machine (2017)
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
- 6 Underground (2019)
- Finding 'Ohana (2021)
- Ambulance (2022)
- The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)
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Executive producer
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Associate producer
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- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- Batman Returns (1992)
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Production manager
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- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- The Rocketeer (1991)
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Other credits
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! Year ! Title ! Role |
| 1983
| Production assistant |
| 1984
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Second assistant director |
| 1993
| Line producer |
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0117290|name=Ian Bryce}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313215933/http://www.producedbyconference.com/2009/ian_bryce.html "PRODUCED BY 2009" (Producers Guild of America)]
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Category:English film producers