15 Facts About Paula Wagner

Paula Wagner's mother, Sue Anna, was a news magazine editor from Oklahoma, and her father, Edmund Jamison "Ned" Kauffman, Jr.

Paula Wagner received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she currently sits on the board of trustees.

Paula Wagner continues to work as a film producer and studio executive, developing films, theatre, and television through her company Chestnut Ridge Productions.

Paula Wagner's Broadway producing credits include Pretty Woman: The Musical which opened a production in Hamburg, Germany in September 2019, a production in on the West End in February 2020; there is a US National Tour in the works.

Paula Wagner produced the Broadway premiere of Craig Wright's acclaimed play Grace, directed by Dexter Bullard and starring Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, and Ed Asner in October 2012 and Terrence McNally's Tony-nominated play Mothers and Sons.

Paula Wagner was an executive producer on the critically acclaimed and award winning Lifetime original movie Five, five short films directed by five female directors.

Paula Wagner produced the Governors Awards ceremony for the Motion Picture Academy in 2013 and produced both the 2011 and 2012 Producers Guild of America Award show.

Paula Wagner served on the board of the National Film Preservation Foundation through the Library of Congress and Carnegie Mellon University, where she received her degree and is an adjunct faculty member in the Master in Entertainment Industry Management program through the Heinz College.

Paula Wagner is a member of the American Cinematheque's Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television.

Paula Wagner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, The Broadway League and is an ambassador of ReFrame for Women In Film, a formal action plan to further gender parity in the media industry.

Paula Wagner was honored by Premiere magazine with the Women in Hollywood Icon Award in 2001.

Paula Wagner was honored by the Costume Designers Guild with its Swarovski President's Award in 2008.

Paula Wagner was one of the recipients of the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in 2016, and the Camerimage Producer with Unique Visual Sensitivity award in 2017.

Paula Wagner is married to Rick Nicita, CEO of management and production company RP Media.

Paula Wagner was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.