Douglas Wick is a renowned motion-picture producer with a impressive track record of producing films that have earned a staggering $3 billion at the box office. His productions have garnered an impressive 22 Academy Award nominations and seven Academy Award wins. Wick is the founder of Red Wagon Entertainment and serves as its Co-Chairman.
Wick's filmography is a testament to his talent and dedication, featuring a wide range of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. His upcoming project, Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott, boasts an all-star cast including Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington. Other notable productions include The Great Gatsby, which earned two Academy Awards, Memoirs of a Geisha, which won three Academy Awards, and The Divergent Series.
Wick is perhaps best known for his work on Gladiator, which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and became a global phenomenon, winning numerous awards including two Golden Globes, four BAFTAs, the PGA's Motion Picture of the Year Award, the MTV Movie Award for Best Movie, and the AFI's Movie of the Year. His first solo producing effort, Working Girl, directed by Mike Nichols, earned a Golden Globe win and numerous Academy Award nominations.
Wick's other notable films include Stuart Little, starring the first CGI leading man; Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer; the cult classic The Craft; Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man; and Spy Game, which paired Robert Redford and Brad Pitt under director Tony Scott.
In 2001, Wick expanded his production company, Red Wagon Entertainment, to include Lucy Fisher, former Vice-Chairman of Sony's Columbia Tri-Star Motion Picture Group, as its Co-Chairman. Together, they produced a wide range of motion pictures, including Memoirs of a Geisha, Stuart Little 2, Jarhead, Peter Pan, Lawless, and RV.
Wick has also ventured into television production, serving as Executive Producer on the TV series, Joe Pickett. His numerous awards and accolades include the NATO ShoWest Producer of the Year Award, the Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, The Hollywood Film Festival Producer of the Year Award, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Producer of the Year, the Motion Picture Club's Producer of the Year, the Saturn Award, the Los Angeles Father of the Year Award, and the Friends of Cancer Research Advocacy's Lifetime Achievement Award.
When Wick's youngest daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, he co-founded CuresNow, an organization dedicated to promoting regenerative medicine. Along with Fisher, he served as Co-Chair of Proposition 71, the successful Stem Cell initiative in California, which has since become the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and has awarded $3 billion in grants for regenerative medicine and research in the state.
