Douglas Wick

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Douglas Wick
Born
United States
Other namesDouglas Z. Wick
Doug Wick
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1979–present
Spouse
(m. 1986)
Children3

Douglas Wick is an American film producer whose work includes producing Gladiator , Stuart Little , and Memoirs of a Geisha .

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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

Red Wagon Entertainment
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded1999;25 years ago (1999)
FounderDouglas Wick
Headquarters8931 Ellis Avenue, Los Angeles, California, United States [8]
Key people
Douglas Wick
Lucy Fisher
Products Motion pictures
Website RedWagonEnt.com

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

YearFilmCreditNotes
1979 Starting Over Associate producer
1988 Working Girl
1994 Wolf
1996 The Craft
1998 Hush
1999 Stuart Little
Girl, Interrupted
2000 Gladiator
Hollow Man
2001 Spy Game
2002 Stuart Little 2
2003 Peter Pan
2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2005 Bewitched
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild Direct-to-video
Jarhead
Memoirs of a Geisha
2006 RV
Hollow Man 2 Executive producerDirect-to-video
2012 Lawless
2013 The Great Gatsby
2014 Divergent
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent
2016 The Divergent Series: Allegiant
2020 The Craft: Legacy
2024 Gladiator II
As writer
YearFilmNotes
2002 Stuart Little 2
2005 Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild Direct-to-video
Miscellaneous crew
YearFilmRole
1978 Comes a Horseman Assistant to director
Thanks
YearFilmRole
2010 How Do You Know Special thanks
2019Lost Holiday

Television

YearTitleCredit
2003 Stuart Little Executive producer
2021–2023 Joe Pickett Executive producer

Awards

Academy Awards

Golden Globes

BAFTA Awards

PGA Golden Laurel Awards

NATO ShoWest Producer of the Year

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