Wick, Douglas 1955–

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WICK, Douglas 1955–

PERSONAL

Born 1955; son of Charles Wick (a producer and in business and politics); married Lucy Fisher (a producer and executive), 1986; children: Julia, Sarah, Tessa. Education: Attended Yale University.

Addresses: Office—Red Wagon Productions, 10202 Washington Blvd., Hepburn Building West, Culver City, CA 90232–3119. Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist— PMK/HBH Public Relations, 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069.


Career: Producer. Red Wagon Productions, founder. Made amateur films since childhood.


Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best picture, 1989, for Working Girl; George Pal Memorial Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 2000; Academy Award (with others), best picture, Film Award (with others), best film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Darryl F. Zanuck Award (with Branko Lustig), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, motion picture producer of the year, all 2001, for Gladiator; Visionary Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2001; with Lucy Fisher, named to the Power 100 List, Premiere magazine, 2001 and 2002; Childrens' Award nomination (with others), best feature film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2002, for Stuart Little 2; ShoWest Award, producer of the year, National Association of Theatre Owners, 2002; Hollywood Discovery Award (with Lucy Fisher), Hollywood Film Festival, outstanding achievement in producing, 2002.


CREDITS

Film Producer:

Working Girl, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1988.

Wolf, Columbia, 1994.

The Craft, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1996.

Hush, TriStar, 1998.

Fever, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1999.

Girl, Interrupted (also known as Durchgeknallt and Durchgeknallt–Girl, Interrupted), Columbia, 1999.

Stuart Little, Columbia, 1999.

Gladiator, DreamWorks, 2000.

Hollow Man (also known as Hollow Man—Unsichtbare Gefahr), Columbia, 2000.

Spy Game, Universal, 2001.

Stuart Little 2, Columbia, 2002.

Peter Pan, Universal, 2003.

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

Bewitched, Columbia, 2005.

Jarhead, Universal, 2005.

Memoirs of a Geisha, DreamWorks, 2005.

Dreadnaught, Columbia, 2006.

R.V., Columbia, 2006.

Tokyo Suckerpunch, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2006.

Film Work; Other:

Assistant to the director, Comes a Horseman, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1978.

Associate producer (some sources cite executive consultant), Starting Over, Paramount, 1979.


Television Executive Producer; Series:

(With Lucy Fisher) Stuart Little (animated), HBO, 2003.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, The Making of "Girl, Interrupted" (documentary), HBO, 1999.


Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Himself, The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Girl, Interrupted," HBO First Look, HBO, c. 1999.

Himself, "Gladiator," HBO First Look, HBO, 2000.


RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Conjuring "The Craft" (short documentary), Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2000.

Himself, Hollow Man: Anatomy of a Thriller (short documentary), Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2000.

Himself, The Making of "Spy Game" (short documentary), 2001.


WRITINGS

Screenplays; Stories for Films:

Hollow Man (also known as Hollow Man—Unsichtbare Gefahr), Columbia, 2000.

Stuart Little 2 (based on characters created by E. B. White), Columbia, 2002.

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