Ian Bryce

As a producer of DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures' box office smash hits "Transformers," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Bryce was and is an integral component of the filmmaking team whose collective imaginations have brought the popular toys and comic book characters to the screen. Together they have created a fresh, new film franchise which has earned box office receipts well over $2.6 billion worldwide and is certain to continue to entertain audiences for years to come.

Bryce produced Paramount's high octane "World War Z," starring Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos. The post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Marc Forster is based on the best-selling novel by Max Brooks. The film, shot on location in Europe, garnered more than $540 million globally.

In addition he produced Michael Bay's controversial dark comedy "Pain and Gain," starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris and Rebel Wilson, is based on a true story of kidnapping and torture for profit set in 1995 Miami.

Bryce is no stranger to big action adventure films. He produced Sam Raimi's mega-blockbuster "Spider-Man" starring Tobey Maguire as the web-casting superhero, which was the top-grossing film domestically of 2002. The following year, he produced Antoine Fuqua's drama "Tears of the Sun" starring Bruce Willis, and in 2005, he produced Michael Bay's "The Island." After producing "Transformers," he went on to executive produce "Hancock" starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman for director Peter Berg.

In 1999 Bryce won a Golden Globe Award and earned both Academy Award® and BAFTA nominations for his work as a producer on Steven Spielberg's widely acclaimed World War II drama "Saving Private Ryan." The movie won Best Picture honors from numerous critics' organizations, including the New York, Los Angeles and Broadcast Film Critics associations. Bryce also shared a Producers Guild of America Award for the film. He went on to produce Cameron Crowe's nostalgic comedy-drama "Almost Famous," which won a Golden Globe for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Picture in 2001.

Bryce's other producing credits include "Forces of Nature" starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock; the action thriller "Hard Rain" with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater; Penelope Spheeris' big-screen version of the classic television series "The Beverly Hillbillies;" and Jan de Bont's blockbusters "Twister" and directorial debut film "Speed."

Born in England, Bryce started his career as a production assistant on the third installment of the first "Star Wars" trilogy, "Return of the Jedi." He moved up to second assistant director on Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and later served as a production manager on "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Additionally, Bryce served as the line producer/production manager on Philip Kaufman's "Rising Sun," and was an associate producer/production manager on Tim Burton's smash hit "Batman Returns." He also worked as a production manager on such films as Francis Ford Coppola's "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," Ron Howard's "Willow" and Joe Johnston's "The Rocketeer."

In addition to overseeing several tent-pole projects for Paramount, Bryce develops original motion pictures under his own banner via a first-look deal with the studio.

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