Brad Alan Grey (born December 29, 1957) is an American film, television producer, and talent manager currently working as the CEO of Paramount Pictures. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... A talent manager, also known as a personal manager, is one who guides the career of artists in the entertainment business. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...

Grey was born in the Bronx, the youngest child of a garment district salesman. He majored in business and communications at the State University of New York at Buffalo. While attending the university, he became a gofer for a young Harvey Weinstein who was then a concert promoter. Grey would also travel to Manhattan on weekends to look for young comics at the Improv. Grey brought comedian Bob Saget to New York thus making Saget his first client. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as the State University of New York at Buffalo or SUNY–Buffalo and abbreviated as UB) is located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. ... Harvey Weinstein at Cannes, 2002 Harvey Weinstein CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer. ... Robert Lane Saget (born May 17, 1956) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and game show host best known for his role as Danny Tanner in the ABC sitcom Full House from 1987 to 1995, as host of Americas Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997 and as...

Grey's career soon took off in 1984 when he met talent agent Bernie Brillstein in San Francisco, California at a television convention; the two soon formed Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. Grey began producing for television in 1986 with the Showtime hit, It's Garry Shandling's Show. With his success, he went on to produce the HBO series The Larry Sanders Show. He also produced the ABC nightly talk show Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernie Brillstein (b. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City; The City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Garry Shandling (born November 29, 1949) is an American comedian. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The Larry Sanders Show was a satirical television series that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred former stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as the shows vain, self-obsessed, neurotic host, Larry Sanders. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Politically Incorrect was a late-night political talk show hosted by Bill Maher first on Comedy Central and later on ABC, which cancelled it in 2002. ...

Grey also ventured into film by producing the Adam Sandler hit, Happy Gilmore. He continued to produce successful television with several high profile and successful shows developed in the 1990’s: NewsRadio and Just Shoot Me for NBC, Mr. Show for HBO, and The Steve Harvey Show for the WB all fell under the Brillstein-Grey banner. He also helped shepherd the critically acclaimed HBO drama, The Sopranos. Grey earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 1999 for his producing efforts. His feature projects, however, failed to match the success of his television ventures: Bulletproof (1996), The Replacement Killers (1998), Screwed (2000) and What Planet Are You From? (2000) were typical film projects. Only The Wedding Singer (1998) and Scary Movie (2000) proved to be financially successful. Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is a jewish American actor, comedian, producer, and musician (he sings and plays the guitar). ... Happy Gilmore is a 1996 sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler, Carl Weathers, Julie Bowen, Allen Covert, Frances Bay and Christopher McDonald. ... NewsRadio was an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. The show was created by executive producer Paul Simms. ... Just Shoot Me was an American television sitcom airing on NBC from 1997 to 2003. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Mr. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... The Steve Harvey Show (August 25, 1996—February 24, 2002) aired for six seasons on The WB Television Network. ... The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the networks former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the TV series. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... It has been suggested that bulletproof (reliability) be merged into this article or section. ... The Replacement Killers is a 1998 film, directed by Antoine Fuqua. ... Screwed is a 2000 film starring Norm MacDonald and Dave Chappelle, and written and directed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. ... The DVD cover featuring all the cast What Planet Are You From? is a 2000 comedy film starring Garry Shandling and Annette Bening. ... The Wedding Singer is a 1998 romantic comedy film written by Tim Herlihy and directed by Frank Coraci that stars Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, and Drew Barrymore as Julia Sullivan, the object of his affections. ... This article is about a horror parody movie. ...

In 1996, Brillstein sold his shares of the company to Grey, giving Grey full rein over operations; the company's television unit was subsequently rechristened "Brad Grey Television". In 2002, Grey formed Plan B with Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, with a first-look deal at Warner Bros. After Pitt and Aniston separated, Grey and Pitt moved the company to Paramount Pictures, where Grey had become CEO after Sherry Lansing left. William Bradley Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and producer. ... Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American film and television actress. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Sherry Lansing (born July 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois as Sherry Lee Heimann) is the former CEO of Paramount Studios and the first woman to head a major studio. ...

Grey's new CEO duties forced him to divest himself from both Brillstein-Grey and Plan B. Recent Dreamworks releases have included Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima and Dreamgirls. Holdover releases from Lansing and Dolgen's regime before Grey took over constitute most of the rest of Paramount's major releases, including War of the Worlds, Mission Impossible III and Charlotte's Web. Flags of Our Fathers is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles, Jr. ... Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning war film directed by Clint Eastwood about the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of Japanese soldiers. ... Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. ... War of the Worlds is a 2005 science fiction/disaster film based on H. G. Wells original novel of the same name. ... Mission: Impossible III is the upcoming third movie based on the television series Mission: Impossible directed by Alias creator J. J. Abrams. ... Charlottes Web is a live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book of the same name by E.B. White. ...