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DOUG WICK
DOUGLAS WICK is an award-winning motion-picture producer whose films have earned more than $3 billion at the box office, as well as 22 Academy Award® nominations and seven Academy Award® wins. He is the Founder of Red Wagon Entertainment and serves as Co-Chairman. Wick’s productions include the upcoming Ridley Scott-directed GLADIATOR II, starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and Pedro Pascal; THE GREAT GATSBY, which earned two Academy Awards®; MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, which won 3 Academy Awards®; and THE DIVERGENT SERIES.
Wick is best known for producing GLADIATOR, which won five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, and became a worldwide cinematic phenomenon, winning two Golden Globes®, four BAFTAs, the PGA’s Motion Picture of the Year Award, the MTV Movie Award for Best Movie and the AFI’s Movie of the Year. Wick also garnered a bevy of Academy Award® nominations and a Golden Globe® win for his first solo producing effort WORKING GIRL, directed by Mike Nichols. Wick’s GIRL, INTERRUPTED won Angelina Jolie both an Academy Award® and a Golden Globe® for her breakthrough performance. Wick’s prior films also include the family hit STUART LITTLE, starring the first CGI leading man; WOLF, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer; the cult classic THE CRAFT; Paul Verhoeven’s HOLLOW MAN; and SPY GAME, which paired Robert Redford and Brad Pitt under director Tony Scott.
In 2001 Wick expanded his production company, Red Wagon Entertainment, to bring in Lucy Fisher, former Vice-Chairman of Sony’s Columbia Tri-Star Motion Picture Group, as Red Wagon’s Co-Chairman. Wick and Fisher went on to produce a wide range of motion pictures together, including STUART LITTLE 2, JARHEAD, PETER PAN, LAWLESS, and RV. He has branched into television production and was Executive Producer on the TV series, JOE PICKETT.
After graduating Cum Laude from Yale, Wick began his career as a Production Assistant for filmmaker Alan J. Pakula. He earned his first credit as an Associate Producer on Pakula’s STARTING OVER.
His many awards include the NATO ShoWest Producer of the Year Award, the Producers Guild of America’s David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, The Hollywood Film Festival Producer of the Year Award, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Producer of the Year, the Motion Picture Club’s Producer of the Year, the Saturn Award, the Los Angeles Father of the Year Award and the Friends of Cancer Research Advocacy’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, he has served on the Board of Trustees for the Center for Early Education in Los Angeles and the Board of Directors for the Producers Guild of America.
When Wick's youngest daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, he co-founded CuresNow, an organization to promote regenerative medicine. Along with Fisher, he served as Co-Chair of Proposition 71, the successful Stem Cell initiative in California, which has since become the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and has awarded $3 billion in grants for regenerative medicine and research in the state. Additionally, he is a Founder of the Naomi Fisher Bartnoff Genetic Counseling Center at Ben Gurion University.
LUCY FISHER
LUCY FISHER, former Vice Chairman of the Columbia Tri-Star Motion Picture Group at Sony Studios, is an award-winning motion picture producer and Co-Chair of Red Wagon Entertainment. Fisher’s productions include the upcoming GLADIATOR II, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington; and the international blockbusters THE GREAT GATSBY, which garnered two Academy Awards®; MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, which earned 3 Academy Awards; and THE DIVERGENT SERIES.
During Fisher’s tenure as Vice Chairman at Sony, the studio broke all-time industry records for biggest domestic and worldwide grosses with films she supervised, which included MEN IN BLACK, MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING, AIR FORCE ONE, JERRY MACGUIRE, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, and STUART LITTLE. After leaving the executive suite, Fisher partnered with Oscar®-winning producer Douglas Wick (GLADIATOR, WORKING GIRL), and together they have produced a wide range of critically acclaimed and popular movies including JARHEAD, LAWLESS, RV, PETER PAN, and STUART LITTLE 2. She is also the Executive Producer of the TV series JOE PICKETT.
Before moving to Sony, Fisher served for 14 years as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production at Warner Bros., where she supervised a diverse range of films including THE FUGITIVE, THE COLOR PURPLE, GREMLINS, THE GOONIES, MALCOM X, SPACE JAM, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, THE OUTSIDERS, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, TWISTER, and THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK along with many other features, as well as Michael Moore’s first documentary, ROGER & ME. Fisher previously served as Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox, before being tapped as Head of Worldwide Production for Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios.
In addition to her creative achievements, Fisher is widely considered a pioneer for women and working mothers in the entertainment industry. She was the driving force behind the on-site Warner Bros. Children’s Center, which has since provided care for over 3000 children and has served as the prototype for day-care centers at other studios.
Fisher also served two terms as President of the Producers Guild of America, leading over 8500 members. She has been listed as one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business. Her many awards include The Hollywood Film Festival Producer of the Year Award, The Producers Guild of America’s Award, the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, the Hollywood Award for Outstanding Achievement in Producing, two Crystal Awards from Women in Film, and the Friends of Cancer Research Advocacy’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
A Cum Laude graduate of Harvard, Fisher served on the Harvard University Board of Overseers, and as its Vice Chairman. She founded the Peter Ivers Visiting Artist program at the Harvard Office of the Arts, which has since provided grants to emerging artists, and she has served on the Advisory Council on Education at Harvard Medical School. She is also Co-Founder of the Naomi Fisher Bartnoff Genetic Counseling Center at Ben Gurion University.
After their youngest daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Fisher and Wick co-founded CuresNow, an organization to promote regenerative medicine. Along with Wick, she served as Co-Chair of Proposition 71, the successful Stem Cell initiative in California, which has since become the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and has awarded $3 billion in grants for regenerative medicine and research in the state.