Jerry Bruckheimer/Don Simpson Films was founded in the 1980s by movie producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Together, the duo had produced some of the most successful movies of the 1980s, including Flashdance, the Beverly Hills Cop series and Top Gun. However, when Don Simpson died in 1996, it was renamed Jerry Bruckheimer films.
In 1988, along with his partner, Bruckheimer was chosen as the Motion Picture Showman of the Year by the Publicists Guild of America. One of the most successful partnerships in motion picture history, Simpson and Bruckheimer produced films that were honored with 15 Academy Award nominations, two Oscars for Best Song, four Grammys, three Golden Globes, two People's Choice Awards for Best Picture, and the MTV award for Best Picture of the Decade.