Biography

Before beginning his career as a producer in Hollywood, Richard Brams was an entrepreneur in Chicago, Illinois, creating a company that did graphic design, commercial photography, and production of television commercials and documentaries. He also published the highly regarded, but short-lived provocative and controversial counter-culture magazine Earth.

Brams began his prolific producing career in 1980 when he became associate producer on Thief, the first feature film for director Michael Mann. He was also associate producer on Mann's next feature film The Keep, and then joined the producing team of Miami Vice as co-producer when it began in 1984, later becoming the show's co-executive producer.

After Miami Vice ended, he was co-executive producer of both of the NBC Drug Wars miniseries, which were executive produced by Mann.

Brams continued producing for another eleven years, adding numerous television movies, pilots, and miniseries credits for network and cable television to his resume, including In the Company of Darkness; Shadow of a Doubt; Swing Vote; Suddenly; Night Sins; The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax; Mafia Doctor, as well as producing twelve episodes of Paramount's remake of the iconic The Untouchables television series, and the independent film WiseGirls.

Brams died on April 15, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the age of 93.
- IMDb mini biography by: P.H. Noris