Wendy Finerman
Wendy J. Finerman (born August 2, 1960 in California ) is an American film producer .
Life
After graduating from Wharton School , a faculty at the University of Pennsylvania , in 1982, Wendy Finerman began her career in the film business with a local television station in New York City . She then moved to Steve Tisch Productions in 1985 , where she produced her first feature film with the comedy Hot on the Trot . Three years later she founded her own film production company with Wendy Finerman Productions . After reading the novel in 1985, Paramount Pictures gave her the green light in 1993 to produce Forrest Gump . For this she was nominated the 1995 British Academy Film Awards as Best Film and was an award of the Oscars for Best Picture its most significant award accept her film career.
Filmography (selection)
- 1988: Hot to Trot (Hot to Trot)
- 1994: Forrest Gump
- 1994: Life Is Trouble (I Like It Like That)
- 1996: Fan (The Fan)
- 1997: Stranger Beings (FairyTale: A True Story)
- 1998: Side by Side (Stepmom)
- 2001: Sugar & Spice
- 2002: Drumline
- 2006: The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada)
- 2007: PS I Love You (PS I Love You)
- 2012: Once is never (One for the Money)
Awards
- 1995: Nomination for Best Picture with Forrest Gump
Web links
- Wendy Finerman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendy Finerman on radaris.com , accessed January 13, 2012
- ^ Press booklet "Once is never" from January 25, 2012, Concorde Filmverleih
- ↑ Oscar-winning producer on harton.upenn.edu (English), accessed on January 13, 2012
- ↑ Wendy Finerman. In: Turner Classic Movies . Accessed April 10, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Finerman, Wendy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Finerman, Wendy J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | California , United States |