Wendy_Finerman

Wendy Finerman

Wendy Finerman

American animated film producer

Wendy Finerman is an American film producer of nearly a dozen feature films.

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Biography

Finerman was born to a Jewish family[1] and raised in Beverly Hills, California.[2] Her sister, Karen Finerman, is a hedgefund owner/trader in New York City and appears on CNBC's Fast Money.[3]

Finerman was one of three producers who won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Forrest Gump in 1994 and a BAFTA Award for Fairy Tale in 1998. She has also produced such popular films as The Fan, Stepmom, Drumline, and The Devil Wears Prada. Finerman was formerly married to producer Mark Canton and now is married to David Peterson. The mother of four children, she is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and runs her own company, Wendy Finerman Productions.[4]

Filmography

In the films listed she was producer unless otherwise noted.

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References

  1. [1]
    Spiro, Amy (October 18, 2010). "Jewish Girls And Money". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. [2]
    New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths FINERMAN, JANE" March 28, 2012
  3. [3]
    MSNBC: "An excerpt from Karen Finerman’s “Finerman’s Rules”" June 5, 2013
  4. [4]
    "Wendy Finderman". Variety.


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