Larry Brezner

Lawrence Ira "Larry" Brezner (23 August 1942 – 5 October 2015) was an American film producer, most notable for producing films such as Good Morning, Vietnam, Throw Momma From the Train, and Ride Along.

Born in the Bronx in New York City in 1942, Brezner studied at the University of Bridgeport and St. John's University. He later studied at Johns Hopkins University from which he graduated with a Masters in Psychology. He then was a teacher at an elementary school in Spanish Harlem before he moved on to the entertainment industry. In 1974 he opened a night club in Manhattan, where he met the producer Jack Rollins. In the same year he joined the company of Rollins, Charles H. Joffe and Buddy Morra and was their partner in the late 1970s. After Rollins, Joffe, and Morra withdrew from the company, he met David Steinberg and Stephen Tenenbaum within a new company, MBST Entertainment, Inc. (Morra Brezner Steinberg & Tenenbaum). His first wife was the singer Melissa Manchester; they met when she performed at his club, and Brezner managed her career during their seven-year marriage. His second marriage to Bett Zimmerman also ended in divorce.

From the mid-1980s, Brezner served as the executive producer for various comedy specials on US television. Brezner supported, inter alia, the careers of artists such as Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Martin Short, and Bette Midler.

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