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American film producer
Charles B. Wessler (born May 16, 1955) is an American film producer
[1] best known for his collaborations with the
Farrelly brothers.
Life and career
Wessler's first job was as a production assistant on the film
Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses? (1977). He was also a production assistant for
George Lucas on
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and
Return of the Jedi (1983).
Wessler spent time working at
The Ladd Company for
Alan Ladd Jr. and at
Zoetrope Studios with
Francis Ford Coppola. He soon moved on to produce specials for
HBO where he hired
Peter Farrelly and Bennett Yellen to write a script for the 1987 special, Paul Reiser Out on a Whim. Wessler,
Peter Farrelly and
Bobby Farrelly went on to develop several scripts together. Their first feature film was
Dumb and Dumber (1994) for
New Line Cinema. In 1998, he was nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for producing
There's Something About Mary.
[2]
Wessler's other producing credits include
It's Pat,
Bushwhacked,
Me, Myself & Irene,
Shallow Hal and
Stuck on You and
The Heartbreak Kid (2007). His 2010s films included
Hall Pass,
The Three Stooges (2012),
Movie 43 (2013),
Dumb and Dumber To (2014).
In 2018 Wessler produced
Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly. The film won numerous awards, including: the
Toronto International Film Festival's People Choice Award,
[3] Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy,
[4]
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture,
[5] honoree of
American Film Institute Movies Of The Year,
[6] and the
Academy Award for Best Picture.
[7]
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
- Miscellaneous crew
- Actor
Year
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Film
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Role
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Notes
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2013 |
Movie 43 |
Himself |
Uncredited
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- As writer
- Thanks
Television
Year
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Title
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Notes
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1985 |
From Here to Maternity |
Television pilot
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1987 |
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim |
Television special
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- Miscellaneous crew
- As director
References
External links
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1951–1975 | |
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1976–2000 |
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Robert Chartoff and
Irwin Winkler (1976)
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Charles H. Joffe (1977)
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Michael Cimino,
Michael Deeley, John Peverall and
Barry Spikings (1978)
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Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
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Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
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David Puttnam (1981)
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Richard Attenborough (1982)
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James L. Brooks (1983)
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Saul Zaentz (1984)
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Sydney Pollack (1985)
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Arnold Kopelson (1986)
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Jeremy Thomas (1987)
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Mark Johnson (1988)
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Lili Fini Zanuck and
Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
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Kevin Costner and
Jim Wilson (1990)
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Ron Bozman,
Edward Saxon and
Kenneth Utt (1991)
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Clint Eastwood (1992)
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Branko Lustig,
Gerald R. Molen and
Steven Spielberg (1993)
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Wendy Finerman,
Steve Starkey and
Steve Tisch (1994)
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Bruce Davey,
Mel Gibson and
Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
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Saul Zaentz (1996)
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James Cameron and
Jon Landau (1997)
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Donna Gigliotti,
Marc Norman,
David Parfitt,
Harvey Weinstein and
Edward Zwick (1998)
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Bruce Cohen and
Dan Jinks (1999)
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David Franzoni,
Branko Lustig and
Douglas Wick (2000)
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2001–present |
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Brian Grazer and
Ron Howard (2001)
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Martin Richards (2002)
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Peter Jackson,
Barrie M. Osborne and
Fran Walsh (2003)
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Clint Eastwood,
Tom Rosenberg and
Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
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Paul Haggis and
Cathy Schulman (2005)
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Graham King (2006)
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Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and
Scott Rudin (2007)
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Christian Colson (2008)
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Kathryn Bigelow,
Mark Boal,
Nicolas Chartier and
Greg Shapiro (2009)
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Iain Canning,
Emile Sherman and
Gareth Unwin (2010)
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Thomas Langmann (2011)
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Ben Affleck,
George Clooney and
Grant Heslov (2012)
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Dede Gardner,
Anthony Katagas,
Jeremy Kleiner,
Steve McQueen and
Brad Pitt (2013)
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu,
John Lesher and
James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
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Blye Pagon Faust,
Steve Golin,
Nicole Rocklin and
Michael Sugar (2015)
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Dede Gardner,
Jeremy Kleiner and
Adele Romanski (2016)
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J. Miles Dale and
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
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Jim Burke, Brian Currie,
Peter Farrelly,
Nick Vallelonga and
Charles B. Wessler (2018)
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Bong Joon-ho and
Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
- Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,
Frances McDormand,
Peter Spears and
Chloé Zhao (2020)
- Fabrice Gianfermi,
Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
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Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and
Jonathan Wang (2022)
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Emma Thomas,
Charles Roven, and
Christopher Nolan (2023)
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