Lucy Fisher

LUCY FISHER, former Vice Chairman of the Columbia Tri-Star Motion Picture Group at Sony Studios, is an award-winning motion picture and television producer and Co-Chair of Red Wagon Entertainment. Fisher’s productions include the international blockbusters THE DIVERGENT SERIES and THE GREAT GATSBY.

During Fisher’s tenure as Vice Chairman at Sony, the studio broke all-time industry records for biggest domestic and worldwide grosses with films she supervised, which included MEN IN BLACK, MYBEST FRIEND’S WEDDING, AIR FORCE ONE, JERRY MACGUIRE, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, and STUART LITTLE. After leaving the executive suite, Fisher partnered with Oscar®-winning producer Douglas Wick (GLADIATOR, WORKING GIRL), and together they have produced a wide range of critically acclaimed and popular movies including JARHEAD, LAWLESS, RV, STUART LITTLE 2 and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, which garnered 3 Academy Awards.

Before moving to Sony, Fisher served for 14 years as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production at Warner Bros., where she developed and supervised a diverse range of films including THE FUGITIVE, THE COLOR PURPLE, GREMLINS, THE GOONIES, MALCOM X, SPACE JAM, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, THE OUTSIDERS, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, and THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK. Fisher previously served as Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox before being tapped as Head of Worldwide Production for Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios.

In addition to her creative achievements, Fisher is widely 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 has since provided care for over 2500 children and served as the prototype for day care centers at other studios.

After their youngest daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Fisher and Wick co-founded CuresNow, an organization to promote regenerative medicine. She served as co-chair of Proposition 71, the successful Stem Cell initiative in California, which has since awarded 3 billion dollars for regenerative medicine and research in the State of California.

Fisher is currently serving a second term as President of the Producers Guild of America, with a membership of over 8000. Her many awards include The Hollywood Film Festival “Producer of the Year” Award, The Producers Guild of America’s Award, the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, the Hollywood Award for Outstanding Achievement in Producing, two Crystal Awards from Women in Film, and Friends of Cancer Research Advocacy’s “Lifetime Achievement Award.” She has also been listed as one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business.

A cum laude graduate of Harvard, Fisher served on the Harvard University Board of Overseers and as its Vice Chair. She also served on the Advisory Council on Education at Harvard Medical School and founded the Peter Ivers Visiting Artist program at the Harvard Office of the Arts.