Mike Stenson, Former President of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Dies at 65

Mike Stenson, the former president of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, died on April 26, 2026. He was 65. No cause of death was revealed.

“Mike was one of the most brilliant individuals I’ve ever known or worked with,” Jerry Bruckheimer said in a statement. “His sense of story and complete knowledge of film production from development through filming and beyond was just amazing. Mike’s relationships with talent on both sides of the camera was legendary. I can’t express enough how much I will miss him, and what a huge loss this is to me, everyone who worked with Mike through the years, and of course, his family.”

A Harvard graduate, Stenson moved to Los Angeles after college and worked at The Walt Disney Studios in the Special Projects division for two years, then moved into the production department at Hollywood Pictures as a creative executive. He was promoted to vice president and then executive vice president during his eight years with the company, overseeing development and production for Disney’s Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, the latter a more genre-focused imprint that began in 1989.

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