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A nephew of the pioneering radio comic Jack Pearl , Brillstein had an early start in show business in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency (WMA) in New York. He worked his way up to talent agent and by the 1960s he was a manager-producer of television programming for the company. Still associated with WMA, in 1964 he joined Management III to continue talent management.http://www.wma.com/bernie_brillstein/bio/BERNIE_BRILLSTEIN.pdf By now living in Los Angeles, Brillstein formed The Brillstein Company in 1969. There, continued to manage stars and develop television programming. He produced such popular television hits as '''', and '' Normal Life .'' In the 1980s, he met '' and '' The Sopranos '' for HBO . As executive producer, Brillstein has been responsible for such successes as '' The Blues Brothers '', '' Ghostbusters '', '' Dragnet '', '' Ghostbusters II '', '' Happy Gilmore '' and '' The Cable Guy ''. Brillstein sold his shares in the company to Grey in 1986. Gray sold his interest in the company in 2005.http://www.hoovers.com/brillstein-grey/--ID__104970--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml PUBLICATIONS
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