Wendy Finerman

Wendy Finerman
Born	(1960-08-02) August 2, 1960 (age 64) California, United States
Occupation	producer
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Mark Canton ​ (divorced)​ David Peterson
Relatives	Karen Finerman (sister)
Awards	Best Picture 1994 Forrest Gump Best Children's Film 1997 FairyTale: A True Story Best Motion Picture – Drama 1994 Forrest Gump

Wendy Finerman is an American film producer of nearly a dozen feature films.

Biography

Finerman was born to a Jewish family ^[1] and raised in Beverly Hills, California. ^[2] Her sister, Karen Finerman, is a hedgefund owner/trader in New York City and appears on CNBC's Fast Money. ^[3]

Finerman was one of three producers who won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Forrest Gump in 1994 and a BAFTA Award for Fairy Tale in 1998. She has also produced such popular films as The Fan , Stepmom , Drumline , and The Devil Wears Prada . Finerman was formerly married to producer Mark Canton and now is married to David Peterson. The mother of four children, she is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and runs her own company, Wendy Finerman Productions. ^[4]

Filmography

Producer Hot to Trot (1988) Forrest Gump (1994) The Fan (1996) FairyTale: A True Story (1997) Stepmom (1998) Sugar & Spice (2001) Drumline (2002) The Devil Wears Prada (2006) P.S. I Love You (2007) One for the Money (2012) The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

Executive producer I Like It Like That (1994) In a Class of His Own (1999) One for the Money (2002) Surrender, Dorothy (2006) Drumline: A New Beat (2014) Love by the 10th Date (2017) Guilty Pleasures (TBA)

References

1. Spiro, Amy (October 18, 2010). "Jewish Girls And Money". The Jewish Week . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
2. New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths FINERMAN, JANE" March 28, 2012
3. MSNBC: "An excerpt from Karen Finerman's “Finerman's Rules”" June 5, 2013
4. "Wendy Finderman". Variety . December 17, 2013.

External links

• Wendy Finerman at IMDb