---
name: "Cary Brokaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cary-brokaw"
fi1m_id: "cary-brokaw"
imdb_id: "nm0111225"
tmdb_id: 6476
wikidata_id: "Q55687366"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 June 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-27T09:22:06.112876+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cary Brokaw

## Identity

Cary Brokaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cary-brokaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cary-brokaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111225
- **TMDB ID:** 6476
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55687366
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55687366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6476

Producer. Born 21 June 1951 in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 June 1951, Los Angeles
- **Active:** 1986–2004
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (2), 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 3, Crime 3, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $150m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55687366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6476

## Biography

Cary Brokaw is an American film and television producer and executive. He founded Avenue Pictures in 1987 and has served as its chief executive officer. He holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Brokaw produced *Short Cuts* (1993) and has executive produced or produced films including *Down by Law* (1986), *The Player* (1992), *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), *Restoration* (1995), *Closer* (2004) and *Mindhunters* (2004). He has also worked in television, serving as executive producer on *Angels in America* (2003).

He received Primetime Emmy Awards for *Wit* (2001) and *Angels in America* (2004), along with a Producers Guild of America Vision Award in 2004. Brokaw was partnered with director Mike Nichols from 1999 to 2006.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Closer* (2004), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/closer.md)
- *Angels in America* (2003), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/angels-in-america.md)
- *Short Cuts* (1993), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *The Player* (1992), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)
- *Down by Law* (1986), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lullaby* (2014), Producer
- *The Resident* (2011), Producer
- *Closer* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/closer.md)
- *The Merchant of Venice* (2004), Producer
- *Mindhunters* (2004), Producer
- *Angels in America* (2003), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/angels-in-america.md)
- *Path to War* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Normal* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Wit* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Making of Drugstore Cowboy* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The Time Shifters* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Finding Graceland* (1998), Producer
- *Tell Me No Secrets* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Two Mothers for Zachary* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Restoration* (1995), Producer
- *Voices* (1995), Producer
- *A Stranger in Town* (1995), Executive Producer
- *See Jane Run* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight* (1994), Producer
- *Short Cuts* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *The Player* (1992), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll* (1991), Executive Producer
- *The Object of Beauty* (1991), Executive Producer, Producer
- *After Dark, My Sweet* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)
- *Cold Feet* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Signs of Life* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Slam Dance* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Straight to Hell* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Nobody's Fool* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Down by Law* (1986), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md)
- *Trouble in Mind* (1985), Executive Producer

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