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PAULA WAGNER (Producer) and Tom Cruise partnered to form C|W Productions in 1993, and have been based at Paramount Pictures for the past 12 years. The company has released eight diverse, groundbreaking films -- earning multiple awards, widespread critical praise and international box office success. Together Cruise and Wagner have produced films that range in scope from the action blockbusters “Mission: Impossible” and “M:I 2” to Cameron Crowe's “Vanilla Sky” and Alejandro Amenabar's chilling supernatural thriller “The Others,” as well as Robert Towne's critically acclaimed portrait of the late runner Steve Prefontaine, “Without Limits,” and forthcoming adaptation of John Fante's novel “Ask the Dust,” starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Wagner most recently served as executive producer of “War of the Worlds,” an Amblin Entertainment/Cruise|Wagner production starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg.  Wagner and Cruise were also producers on Ed Zwick's “The Last Samurai,” starring Cruise, and Billy Ray's directorial debut “Shattered Glass,” starring Hayden Christensen and Peter Sarsgaard.  Wagner and Cruise are currently in production on the third installment of the “Mission: Impossible” series, a franchise that has earned over a billion dollars to date. Prior to producing, Wagner spent nearly 15 years at CAA as one of the industry's top talent agents. Before becoming an agent, Wagner was an accomplished stage actress, appearing at the Yale Repertory Theater as well as on and off-Broadway. Also a published playwright, she co-authored “Out of Our Father's House.” In 2001, Wagner was honored by Premiere magazine with the Women in Hollywood Icon Award, and was featured the following year in Bravo's “Women on Top,” a documentary profiling top women in entertainment.  She has been the recipient of the Producers Guild Nova Award, as well as their Vision Award in 2004. Additionally, Wagner is on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University and serves on the Executive Committee of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.  She is a member of the American Cinematheque's Board of Directors and returns this year as co-chair of the Hollywood Film Festival for the third year in a row.

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