14 Facts About Lucy Fisher

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Lucy Fisher was born on October 2,1949 and is an American film producer.

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Lucy Fisher was previously Vice Chairman of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group at Sony Studios, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production at Warner Brothers, Head of Production at Zoetrope Studios and Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox.

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Lucy Fisher graduated from Dwight-Englewood School in 1967 and received the school's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1997.

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Lucy Fisher continued to work her way up the ladder, as an executive story editor for MGM, and as a vice president at 20th Century Fox, before being hand-picked as head of production by Francis Ford Coppola for his Zoetrope Studios.

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In 1981, Lucy Fisher began a 14-year tenure at Warner Brothers as executive vice president of Worldwide Production, where she developed and supervised a diverse range of films, including Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Fugitive, The Color Purple, Gremlins, The Goonies, Malcolm X, Space Jam, Empire of the Sun, The Outsiders, The Bridges of Madison County, The Secret Garden, and The Witches of Eastwick.

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In 2000, Lucy Fisher announced she would be leaving Sony to join her husband, Doug Wick, as co-head of their production company, Red Wagon Entertainment.

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Lucy Fisher has been married to producer Douglas Wick since 1986.

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Lucy Fisher served as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and as Vice Chairman of the Overseers' Executive Committee, as well as an advisor to the Harvard Office of the Arts.

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Lucy Fisher founded the Peter Ivers Artist in Residency at Harvard, which has funded burgeoning artists since 1983.

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Lucy Fisher was a co-chair of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, which legislation passed by a wide margin in 2004.

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Lucy Fisher is widely considered a pioneer for women and working mothers in the entertainment industry.

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Lucy Fisher was the driving force behind the on-site Warner Bros.

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Lucy Fisher has been listed as one of Fortune magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business.

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Lucy Fisher was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.