Joe Wizan (January 7, 1935 – March 21, 2011) was an American film producer and studio executive. He was head of 20th Century Fox's motion picture division...
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studios who were uninterested in the project until producers Todd Black and Joe Wizan seeing potential in the project optioned it and hired Hopkins to re-write...
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turned down by every studio before it was picked up by Joe Wizan, former head of 20th Century Fox. Wizan then handed the script to producer Ron Samuels, who...
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when Sherry Lansing departed Fox, her successor, Joe Wizan, reviewed all projects in development. Wizan felt the Rhinestone script could not move forward...
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Prime Cut is a 1972 American action thriller crime film produced by Joe Wizan, directed by Michael Ritchie from a screenplay written by Robert Dillon...
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Silver, most notably Streets of Fire and 48 Hrs. In July 1984, he replaced Joe Wizan as head of production at 20th Century Fox. Two months later, he was appointed...
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2012 Director Gary Fleder Lee Tamahori Rob Cohen Producer(s) David Brown Joe Wizan Bill Block Steve Bowen Randall Emmett Leopoldo Gout Paul Hanson James...
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film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he...
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Klass Based on Kiss the Girls by James Patterson Produced by David Brown Joe Wizan Starring Morgan Freeman Ashley Judd Cary Elwes Tony Goldwyn Jay O. Sanders...
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Fisher Crow Killer by Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker Produced by Joe Wizan Starring Robert Redford Will Geer Allyn Ann McLerie Stefan Gierasch Charles...
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Based on Along Came a Spider by James Patterson Produced by David Brown Joe Wizan Morgan Freeman Starring Morgan Freeman Monica Potter Michael Wincott Penelope...
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screenplay, a Western called Lloyd Williams and His Brother, was optioned by Joe Wizan. It was never made but the script was admired at Warner Bros who asked...
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Tracy Tormé Based on The Walton Experience by Travis Walton Produced by Joe Wizan Todd Black Starring D. B. Sweeney Robert Patrick Craig Sheffer Peter Berg...
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Based on Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta Produced by Frank De Felitta Joe Wizan Starring Marsha Mason Anthony Hopkins John Beck Cinematography Victor...
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Michael Swerdlick Richard Brenne Wayne Allan Rice Produced by Jean Higgins Joe Wizan Maynell Thomas Suzanne de Passe Todd Black Starring Kid 'n Play Cinematography...
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United States Original language English Production Executive producer Joe Wizan Producer Bobbi Frank Production location Piru, California Cinematography...
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as the project still had no workable script draft. Around this time, Joe Wizan, who had become the new head of Fox, put The Ninja and other projects...
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John Herzfeld Written by John Herzfeld Produced by Roger M. Rothstein Joe Wizan Starring John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Oliver Reed Beatrice Straight...
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revised screenplay in less than six weeks, and Feldman delivered it to Fox. Joe Wizan, the studio's head of production, rejected it with the statement that...
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was not required to distribute the film. Levy's eventual replacement, Joe Wizan, was receptive to a sequel, and although other executives remained noncommittal...
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Greenburg Stephen Volk Based on The Nanny by Dan Greenburg Produced by Joe Wizan Starring Jenny Seagrove Dwier Brown Carey Lowell Cinematography John A...
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#1 Mark Hicks as Sparring Partner #2 Michael Adams as Sparring Partner #3 Joe Godsen as Sparring Partner #4 George P. Wilbur as Referee At Patty Flood...
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Enzo Cannavale 82 Italy Actor Cinema Paradiso The House of Smiles 21 Joe Wizan 76 US Producer Along Came a Spider Jeremiah Johnson 22 Helen Stenborg...
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Directed by Randa Haines Written by Steve Conrad Produced by Todd Black Joe Wizan Starring Robert Duvall Richard Harris Piper Laurie Sandra Bullock Shirley...
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Directed by Jeff Kanew Written by James Cruikshank James Orr Produced by Joe Wizan Starring Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Cinematography King Baggot Edited...
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films such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. July 9 - Joe Wizan leaves as president of 20th Century Fox Productions. Lawrence Gordon replaces...
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Based on Unfaithfully Yours 1948 film by Preston Sturges Produced by Joe Wizan Marvin Worth Starring Dudley Moore Nastassja Kinski Armand Assante Cassie...
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Frewer as Ernie Dills Teri Garr as Carolyn Simpson Barry Corbin as Captain Joe Pantoliano as Scalese Xander Berkeley as Carl Stark Kaj-Erik Eriksen as Dougie...
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Studios Hank Moonjean Two of a Kind 20th Century Fox Roger M. Rothstein, Joe Wizan 1984 (5th) Bolero Cannon Films Bo Derek Cannonball Run II Warner Bros...
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language English Production Executive producers Charles W. Fries Ron Samuels Joe Wizan Producers Betty Gunn Paul B. Radin Production locations Camarillo Ranch...
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