Lucy Fisher Biography

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LUCY FISHER (Producer), the former vice chairman of the Columbia Tri-Star Motion Picture Group, is partnered with Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wick as co-head of Red Wagon Entertainment. Together they have worked with some of the most accomplished filmmakers in the world. In addition to Jarhead, Fisher and Wick have another high-profile movie in release this year: Academy Award nominee Rob Marshall's (Chicago) Memoirs of a Geisha. Their upcoming comedy, RV, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, features Robin Williams' return to family comedy.

Fisher served as vice chairman at Sony Pictures from 1996 to 2000. During her tenure, the studio broke all-time industry records for biggest domestic gross in history with films she supervised. These included Men in Black, My Best Friend's Wedding, Air Force One, Jerry McGuire, Zorro, As Good As It Gets and Stuart Little.

After leaving the executive suite in 2001, Fisher's first producing effort with Wick was Stuart Little 2, which reunited the original creative team and cast from the blockbuster and also became a worldwide hit. Fisher and Wick and their Red Wagon Entertainment company then produced Peter Pan and Nora Ephron's Bewitched, starring Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell and Steve Carell, as well as other films.

Before moving to Sony, Fisher served 14 years as executive vice president of worldwide production at Warner Bros. There she developed and supervised a diverse range of commercially successful, critically acclaimed films, including The Fugitive, The Color Purple, Gremlins, The Goonies, Malcolm X, The Bridges of Madison County, Space Jam, Empire of the Sun, The Outsiders, The Witches of Eastwick and The Secret Garden. She also shepherded the pickup of Michael Moore's directorial debut Roger and Me.

Fisher began her career as a reader at United Artists. She then served as vice president of production at Twentieth Century Fox before being named head of worldwide production for Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios.

In addition to her creative achievements, Fisher is considered a pioneer for women and working mothers in the entertainment industry. She was the driving force behind the on-site Warner Bros. Studio Children's Center, which opened its doors in 1992. It has since provided care for over 1000 children and served as a prototype for daycare centers at other studios.

Fisher's many awards include this year's Hollywood Film Festival Producer of the Year award as well as the Hollywood Award for Outstanding Achievement in Producing, the prestigious Crystal Award from Women in Film and Premiere Magazine's Icon Award. She was also listed as one of Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business and named one of Mirabella Magazine's 25 Smartest Women in America.

A cum laude graduate from Harvard University, Fisher founded and serves as board member of the Peter Ivers Artist-in-Residency Program at Harvard. She is an advisor to the Los Angeles Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International and is co-founder of CuresNow, an organization that promotes regenerative medicine and stem cell research, and was co-chairman of The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative (Prop 71, which was resoundingly passed in the November 2004 election).