Ian Bryce

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Bryce (center) scouts filming locations on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in September 2008.

Ian Bryce born in 1956, in Totnes, England, is an English film producer.

Bryce won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Academy Award nomination for his work as a producer on Steven Spielberg's World War II drama "Saving Private Ryan." In addition, the film won Best Picture honors from numerous critics organizations, including the New York, Los Angeles and Broadcast Film Critics, and was the top-grossing film of 1998. Bryce more recently produced the romantic comedy "Forces of Nature," starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.

Bryce had earlier produced the blockbuster "Twister," directed by Jan De Bont, "Hard Rain," and Penelope Spheeris' big-screen version of the classic television series "The Beverly Hillbillies." Bryce also executive produced Jan De Bont's action hit "Speed," was the line producer/production manager on "Rising Sun," and was an associate producer/production manager on Tim Burton's smash hit "Batman Returns."

Born in England, he worked initially on the docks in Bristol, before moving to the USA after befriending some residents of Los Angeles whilst on holiday there. Bryce began his career as a production assistant on "Return of the Jedi" and appeared as an extra on the U-boat in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". He began his association with Steven Spielberg as a second assistant director on "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and segued into producing as an associate producer on "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor" and "Howard the Duck." He went on to serve as production manager on such films as "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," "Willow," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" "The Rocketeer" and "Joe Versus the Volcano."

Filmography

• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) (production assistant)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (second assistant director)
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) (associate producer)
• Howard the Duck (1986) (associate producer)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (production manager)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (production manager)
• Field of Dreams (1989) (production manager)
• The Rocketeer (1991) (production manager)
• Batman Returns (1992) (associate producer)
• Rising Sun (1993) (line producer)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) (producer)
• Speed (1994) (executive producer)
• Twister (1996) (producer)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998) (producer)
• Almost Famous (2000) (producer)
• Spider-Man (2002) (producer)
• Tears of the Sun (2003 (producer)
• The Island (2005) (producer)
• Transformers (2007) (producer)
• Hancock (2008) (executive producer)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) (producer)

External links

• Ian Bryce at the Internet Movie Database