Fisher, Lucy 1949–

views updated

Fisher, Lucy 1949–

PERSONAL

Born October 2, 1949, in New York, NY; daughter of Arthur Bertram and Naomi (maiden name, Kislak) Fisher; married Douglas Wick (a producer), February 16, 1986; children, Sarah Elisabeth, Julia Arthur, Tessa Benay. Education: Radcliffe College/Harvard University, B.A., English (cum laude), 1971.

Addresses: Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Office—Red Wagon Entertainment, 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Hepburn Bldg., West, Culver City, CA, 90232.

Career: Producer. Worked in the newsroom at KFWB; worked as a reader at United Artists; Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Productions, worked as story editor, c. late 1970s; Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, CA, vice president of production, 1979–80; Zoetrope Studios, Burbank, CA, vice president of worldwide productions, 1980–81; Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank, CA, vice president and senior production executive, 1981–87, then senior vice president, 1987–89, then executive vice president of production, 1989–96; Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Co., Culver City, CA, vice chairperson, 1996–2000; Red Wagon Productions, Culver City, CA, producer, 2000–.

Awards, Honors: Crystal Award, Women in Film Crystal Awards, 1998; Hollywood Discovery Award (with Douglas Wick), outstanding achievement in producing, Hollywood Film Festival, 2002; Childrens' Award nomination (with others), best feature film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2002, for Stuart Little 2.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

Stuart Little 2, Columbia, 2002.

Peter Pan, Universal, 2003.

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, DreamWorks, 2004.

Bewitched, Columbia, 2005.

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (animated), Columbia, 2005.

Jarhead, Universal, 2005.

Memoirs of a Geisha, Columbia, 2005.

R.V., Columbia, 2006.

Dreadnaught, Columbia, 2006.

Film Appearances:

Herself, Bewitched: Star Shots, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

Herself, Casting a Spell: Making "Bewitched" (documentary short), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, Stuart Little, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Herself, "Jarhead," HBO First Look, HBO, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Variety, March 11, 2002, p. 55.

More From encyclopedia.com