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Bradley Fuller (born November 5, 1965) is an American film and television producer. He co-owns Platinum Dunes, partnering with both
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and Andrew Form.


Early life and education

Bradley Fuller was born in 1965 into a family of theatre owners.Motion Picture Herald, 1966, Quigley Publishing Company, p. 27. His parents were Irving and Bonnie Fuller (née Corwin). The Corwin family have run a theatre in
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since 1923. His grandfather Sherrill C. CorwinStephen Galloway:
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expanded the business and also produced movies in the 1970s. Fuller is a 1987 graduate of
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in Connecticut. Michael Bay, another of the co-owners of Platinum Dunes, is also an alumnus of the school (Class of 1986). Directors
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and Miguel Arteta were also Fuller's classmates at Wesleyan.


Career

Circa 2001/2002, Fuller, his childhood friend Michael Bay, and Andrew Form founded Platinum Dunes, a production company which specializes in producing horror movies, such as the remakes ''
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'' (2003), '' The Amityville Horror'' (2005), '' Friday the 13th'' (2009), and ''
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'' (2010), and original horror franchises such as
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(2014), prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), and the five '' The Purge'' films. Fuller has produced multiple films that garnished box-office success. Both '' The Purge: Anarchy'' and ''
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'' (2014) have each grossed over $100,000,000 worldwide, while ''
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'' (2014) has reached as high as $485,000,000. Fuller, along with Platinum Dunes, was named The Hollywood Reporter (THR)'s "2014's Producers of the Year". In 2015, the company was named as part of THR's 30 Most Powerful Film Producers in Hollywood. In 2016 the company released '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'', '' The Purge: Election Year'' and '' Ouija: Origin of Evil''. In 2018, Fuller and Platinum Dunes produced the
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''
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.'' The film premiered as the Opening Night film at
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on March 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures. It became a major box office hit, grossing $332 million worldwide, and received acclaim from critics, who praised its originality and atmosphere, as well as the acting, direction, and sound design, calling it a "smart, wickedly frightening good time." On
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, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 288 reviews, and an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''A Quiet Place'' artfully plays on elemental fears with a ruthlessly intelligent creature feature that's as original as it is scary." On
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, the film has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 55 critics. ''A Quiet Place'' ranks sixth on the list of all-time highest-grossing films in the horror-thriller genre, and currently has the highest worldwide box office gross for a live-action film from an original screenplay since ''
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'' in 2013. Later in 2018 saw the release of the fourth installment in ''The Purge'' Franchise, '' The First Purge''. The prequel and joint production between Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse Prouductions opened in the United States on The Fourth of July, and has grossed over $135 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing entry in the franchise. Fuller has also found success in producing for television. His TV works include the Starz series ''Black Sails'' and TNT naval drama ''The Last Ship''. He has also produced an unscripted television show, ''Billion Dollar Wreck'', which premiered on February 8, 2016. In 2018, Fuller and Platinum Dunes produced two new shows that debuted in the summer: '' Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan'', an Amazon series, premiered in August while '' The Purge'' TV Series premiered on the
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in September. Prior to co-founding Platinum Dunes, Fuller previously worked as a talent manager, as well as produced the films Emmett's Mark, starring Gabriel Byrne and Tim Roth, and A Better Way To Die, featuring Natasha Henstridge and André Braugher. Fuller's future projects include working with Sony on upcoming suspense fil
The Registration
starring Sydney Sweeney, an adaptation of
Madison Lawson's
novel of the same name, post-apocalyptic action thrille
Elevation
with Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin and Maddie Hasson set to star, and The Caretaker starring Sydney Sweeney, the Universal Pictures adaptation of Marcus Kliewer's short story of the same name.


Personal life

He and his wife, Alexandra, have two sons: Cameron, an actor, and his younger brother Paxton.


Filmography

Producer * ''Virtual Girl'' (1998) * '' A Better Way to Die'' (2000) * ''Virtual Girl 2: Virtual Vegas'' (2001) * '' Emmett's Mark'' (2002) * '' The Amityville Horror'' (2005) * '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' (2006) * '' The Hitcher'' (2007) * '' The Unborn'' (2009) * '' Friday the 13th'' (2009) * '' Horsemen'' (2009) * ''
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'' (2010) * '' The Purge'' (2013) * '' The Purge: Anarchy'' (2014) * ''
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'' (2014) * ''
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'' (2014) * '' Project Almanac'' (2015) * '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'' (2016) * '' The Purge: Election Year'' (2016) * '' Ouija: Origin of Evil'' (2016) * ''
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'' (2018) * '' The First Purge'' (2018) * ''
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'' (2018) * '' A Quiet Place Part II'' (2020) * '' The Forever Purge'' (2021) * '' A Quiet Place: Day One'' (2024) * ''
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'' (2024) * '' Drop'' (2025)
The Registration
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(TBD) Executive producer * ''
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'' (2003) * '' Black Sails'' (2014) * '' The Last Ship'' (2014) * '' Billion Dollar Wreck'' (2016) * '' Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan'' (2018) * '' The Purge'' (2018) Actor * '' His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th'' (2009) (Documentary film) - Himself * '' Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th'' (2013) (Documentary film) - Himself


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Bradley Wesleyan University alumni Film producers from Los Angeles 1965 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)