Douglas Wick

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

Douglas Wick
Born	United States
Other names	Douglas Z. Wick Doug Wick
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Lucy Fisher ​ ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	3

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

Logo used since 2021
Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Founder	Douglas Wick
Headquarters	8931 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

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
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 producer	Direct-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

Year	Film	Notes
2002	Stuart Little 2
2005	Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild	Direct-to-video

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role
1978	Comes a Horseman	Assistant to director

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2010	How Do You Know	Special thanks
2019	Lost Holiday

Television

Year	Title	Credit
2003	Stuart Little	Executive producer
2021–2023	Joe Pickett	Executive producer

Awards

Academy Awards

• Best Picture
  • 2000 Gladiator

Golden Globes

• Best Picture
  • 1988 Working Girl
  • 2000 Gladiator

BAFTA Awards

• Best Film
  • 2000 Gladiator

PGA Golden Laurel Awards

• Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award
  • 2000

NATO ShoWest Producer of the Year

• 2002

References

1. "Douglas Wick Biography (1955– )". Film Reference. Advameg. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
2. Martin, Douglas (July 24, 2008). "Charles Wick, 90, former head of U.S. Information Agency". Americas. The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Willis, John (2004). "Stuart Little 2". Screen World 2003. Screen World. Vol. 54. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 84. ISBN 9781557835284 – via Google Books.
6. 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.
7. Wilkinson, Alec (September 20, 2004). "THE GHOSTLY ONES: How Gillian Welch and David Rawlings rediscovered country music". Profiles. The New Yorker. p. 78.
8. "Red Wagon Entertainment". Art Jobs. April 13, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
9. Career summary at curesnow.org Archived February 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Accessed April 5, 2010.

External links

• Douglas Wick at IMDb
• CuresNow Archived October 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Organization co-founded by Douglas Wick
• Official website of Red Wagon Entertainment, film studio founded by Douglas Wick