American film producer
Douglas Wick
Born United States
Other names Douglas Z. Wick Doug Wick Occupation Film producer Years active 1979–present Spouse
Children 3
Douglas Wick is an American film producer whose work includes producing
Gladiator ,
Stuart Little , and
Memoirs of a Geisha .
Life and career
Wick is the son of actress Mary Jane (Woods) and
United States Information Agency director
Charles Z. Wick .
[1]
[2] Following his
cum laude graduation from
Yale University , where he was a member of
Wolf's Head Society , Douglas Wick began work for filmmaker
Alan J. Pakula as his "coffee boy". In 1979, Wick would get his first film credit when he served as
associate producer on Pakula's film
Starting Over . Wick's first solo producing job came on the 1988 film
Working Girl . His next film,
Wolf , would reunite Wick with
Mike Nichols , who directed Working Girl , before he went on to produce the 1996 film
The Craft . The year of 1999 saw Wick produce both the critical-hit
Girl, Interrupted and the box-office hit
Stuart Little . The following year brought with it Wick's biggest success to date,
Gladiator .
[3] This film would net Wick an
Academy Award , a
Golden Globe , and a
BAFTA award all for "Best Picture". Also in 2000 Wick produced the
Sci Fi hit
Hollow Man . In the next few years Wick would produce
Spy Game ,
Peter Pan (the first live action version of the
J.M. Barrie classic tale),
[4] : 514 a successful Stuart Little sequel
Stuart Little 2 ,
[5] and
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! .
[4] : 750 In 2005, Wick produced two more critical hits,
Jarhead and
Memoirs of a Geisha as well as two lesser successes
Bewitched and another Stuart Little sequel
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild . Wick produced the moderate success of
RV and a Hollow Man sequel
Hollow Man 2 in 2006.
Wick and Red Wagon's most recent production was
The Divergent Series , based on Veronica Roth's New York Times bestselling books.
Divergent starred a cast of newcomers including Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Justin Marasigan, Miles Teller, and Ansel Elgort, as well as Oscar winner
Kate Winslet . It was followed by the sequels
Insurgent and
Allegiant , which also stars
Naomi Watts and
Jeff Daniels . Previously, Fisher and Wick produced
The Great Gatsby , directed by
Baz Luhrmann and starring
Leonardo DiCaprio ,
Tobey Maguire , and
Carey Mulligan .
[6] [
failed verification ]
Wick has been married to
Lucy Fisher since 1986, and together they have three daughters.
[1] Wick is also best friends with bluegrass musician
Dave Rawlings and frequently visits him at his home in Nashville.
[7] [
failed verification ]
Red Wagon Entertainment
Douglas Wick is the founder of Red Wagon Entertainment and Red Wagon Productions. In 2000, he expanded the company to bring in Lucy Fisher, his partner and wife.
[9] Red Wagon Productions has been the production company on fifteen of the films Wick has produced, including:
Girl, Interrupted ;
Spy Game ; and
Memoirs of a Geisha .
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
As writer
Miscellaneous crew
Thanks
Television
Awards
Academy Awards
Golden Globes
Best Picture
1988 Working Girl
2000 Gladiator
BAFTA Awards
PGA Golden Laurel Awards
Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award
NATO ShoWest Producer of the Year
References
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a
b
"Douglas Wick Biography (1955– )" . Film Reference . Advameg. Retrieved June 8, 2018 .
^ Martin, Douglas (July 24, 2008).
"Charles Wick, 90, former head of U.S. Information Agency" . Americas. The New York Times . Retrieved June 8, 2018 .
^ Hughes, Candice (May 8, 2000).
"Russell Crowe savors film success by working as much as possible" . Santa Cruz County Sentinel . Santa Cruz, California. p. A-8. Retrieved June 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^
a
b
Ebert, Roger (2004).
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005 . Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook. Andrews McMeel Publishing.
ISBN
9780740747427 .
OCLC
57315976 – via Internet Archive. Douglas Wick.
^
Willis, John (2004).
"Stuart Little 2" . Screen World 2003 . Screen World. Vol. 54. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 84.
ISBN
9781557835284 – via Google Books.
^
Scott, A. O. (2014).
"Shimmying Off the Literary Mantle: 'The Great Gatsby,' Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann" . Movies & TV Dept.
The New York Times (Movie Review). Archived from
the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2018 .
^ Wilkinson, Alec (September 20, 2004).
"THE GHOSTLY ONES: How Gillian Welch and David Rawlings rediscovered country music" . Profiles. The New Yorker . p. 78.
^
"Red Wagon Entertainment" . Art Jobs . April 13, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2021 .
^
Career summary at curesnow.org
Archived February 6, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine Accessed April 5, 2010.
External links
Awards for Douglas Wick
1951–1975 1976–2000
Robert Chartoff and
Irwin Winkler (1976)
Charles H. Joffe (1977)
Michael Cimino ,
Michael Deeley , John Peverall and
Barry Spikings (1978)
Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
David Puttnam (1981)
Richard Attenborough (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Saul Zaentz (1984)
Sydney Pollack (1985)
Arnold Kopelson (1986)
Jeremy Thomas (1987)
Mark Johnson (1988)
Lili Fini Zanuck and
Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
Kevin Costner and
Jim Wilson (1990)
Ron Bozman ,
Edward Saxon and
Kenneth Utt (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Branko Lustig ,
Gerald R. Molen and
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Wendy Finerman ,
Steve Starkey and
Steve Tisch (1994)
Bruce Davey ,
Mel Gibson and
Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
Saul Zaentz (1996)
James Cameron and
Jon Landau (1997)
Donna Gigliotti ,
Marc Norman ,
David Parfitt ,
Harvey Weinstein and
Edward Zwick (1998)
Bruce Cohen and
Dan Jinks (1999)
David Franzoni ,
Branko Lustig and
Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
Brian Grazer and
Ron Howard (2001)
Martin Richards (2002)
Peter Jackson ,
Barrie M. Osborne and
Fran Walsh (2003)
Clint Eastwood ,
Tom Rosenberg and
Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
Paul Haggis and
Cathy Schulman (2005)
Graham King (2006)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and
Scott Rudin (2007)
Christian Colson (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow ,
Mark Boal ,
Nicolas Chartier and
Greg Shapiro (2009)
Iain Canning ,
Emile Sherman and
Gareth Unwin (2010)
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Ben Affleck ,
George Clooney and
Grant Heslov (2012)
Dede Gardner ,
Anthony Katagas ,
Jeremy Kleiner ,
Steve McQueen and
Brad Pitt (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu ,
John Lesher and
James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Blye Pagon Faust ,
Steve Golin ,
Nicole Rocklin and
Michael Sugar (2015)
Dede Gardner ,
Jeremy Kleiner and
Adele Romanski (2016)
J. Miles Dale and
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Jim Burke , Brian Currie,
Peter Farrelly ,
Nick Vallelonga and
Charles B. Wessler (2018)
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)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and
Jonathan Wang (2022)
Emma Thomas ,
Charles Roven , and
Christopher Nolan (2023)
1990s
Goodfellas –
Martin Scorsese ,
Robert Chartoff , and
Irwin Winkler (1990)
The Commitments –
Alan Parker ,
Lynda Myles , and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
Howards End –
James Ivory and
Ismail Merchant (1992)
Schindler's List –
Steven Spielberg ,
Branko Lustig , and
Gerald R. Molen (1993)
Four Weddings and a Funeral –
Mike Newell and
Duncan Kenworthy (1994)
Sense and Sensibility –
Ang Lee and
Lindsay Doran (1995)
The English Patient –
Anthony Minghella and
Saul Zaentz (1996)
The Full Monty –
Peter Cattaneo and
Uberto Pasolini (1997)
Shakespeare in Love –
Donna Gigliotti ,
Marc Norman ,
David Parfitt ,
Harvey Weinstein , and
Edward Zwick (1998)
American Beauty –
Bruce Cohen and
Dan Jinks (1999)
2000s
Gladiator –
David Franzoni ,
Branko Lustig , and
Douglas Wick (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring –
Peter Jackson ,
Barrie M. Osborne ,
Tim Sanders , and
Fran Walsh (2001)
The Pianist – Robert Benmussa,
Roman Polanski , and
Alain Sarde (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King –
Peter Jackson ,
Barrie M. Osborne , and
Fran Walsh (2003)
The Aviator –
Sandy Climan ,
Charles Evans Jr. ,
Graham King , and
Michael Mann (2004)
Brokeback Mountain –
Diana Ossana and
James Schamus (2005)
The Queen –
Andy Harries ,
Christine Langan , and
Tracey Seaward (2006)
Atonement –
Tim Bevan ,
Eric Fellner , and
Paul Webster (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire –
Christian Colson (2008)
The Hurt Locker –
Kathryn Bigelow ,
Mark Boal ,
Nicolas Chartier , and
Greg Shapiro (2009)
2010s
The King's Speech –
Iain Canning ,
Emile Sherman , and
Gareth Unwin (2010)
The Artist –
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Argo –
Ben Affleck ,
George Clooney , and
Grant Heslov (2012)
12 Years a Slave –
Dede Gardner ,
Anthony Katagas ,
Jeremy Kleiner ,
Steve McQueen , and
Brad Pitt (2013)
Boyhood –
Richard Linklater and
Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
The Revenant –
Steve Golin ,
Alejandro G. Iñárritu ,
Arnon Milchan ,
Mary Parent , and
Keith Redmon (2015)
La La Land –
Fred Berger ,
Jordan Horowitz , and
Marc Platt (2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri –
Graham Broadbent ,
Peter Czernin , and
Martin McDonagh (2017)
Roma –
Nicolás Celis ,
Alfonso Cuarón , and
Gabriela Rodríguez (2018)
1917 –
Pippa Harris , Callum McDougall,
Sam Mendes , and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)
2020s
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,
Frances McDormand ,
Peter Spears , and
Chloé Zhao (2020)
The Power of the Dog –
Jane Campion ,
Iain Canning ,
Roger Frappier ,
Tanya Seghatchian , and
Emile Sherman (2021)
All Quiet on the Western Front –
Malte Grunert (2022)
Oppenheimer –
Christopher Nolan ,
Charles Roven , and
Emma Thomas (2023)
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