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Paula Wagner is a Producer American born on 12 december 1946 at Youngstown (USA)

Paula Wagner

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Birth name Paula Kauffman
Nationality USA
Birth 12 december 1946 (78 years) at Youngstown (USA)

Paula Wagner (born 12 December 1946) is an American film producer and film executive. She currently sits on the National Board of Directors for the Producers Guild of America.

Biography

Carrière
Licenciée d'art dramatique de l'Université Carnegie-Mellon, elle devient impresario durant une quinzaine d'années à la Creative Artists Agency.

Associée depuis 1993 avec Tom Cruise dans leur société de production commune Cruise/Wagner Productions, au cœur de United Artists, dont elle était CEO depuis 2006. Elle quitte ce poste en août 2008.


Vie privée
Divorcée de Robin Wagner, elle est mariée à Rick Nicita depuis le 27 octobre 1984.

Best films

War of the Worlds (2005)
(Executive Producer)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
(Producer)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
(Producer)
The Last Samurai (2003)
(Producer)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
(Producer)
Jack Reacher (2012)
(Producer)

Usually with

Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
(16 films)
Robert Towne
Robert Towne
(5 films)
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Paula Wagner (21 films)

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Production

Marshall
Marshall (2017)
, 1h58
Directed by Reginald Hudlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Actors Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell, Sterling K. Brown
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.649563.649563.649563.649563.64956
Thurgood Marshall est un jeune avocat afro-américain de la NAACP. Pour défendre Joseph Spell, un afro-américain, accusé du viol d'une femme mariée blanche de Greenwich, il demande l'aide de Maître Samuel Friedman pour plaider devant la cour du Connecticut. Le juge empêchera Marshall de s'exprimer tout au long du procès.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 1h58
Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Cobie Smulders, Tom Cruise, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany, Danika Yarosh
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61% 3.097273.097273.097273.097273.09727
Jack Reacher revient dans sa base militaire en Virginie pour y dîner avec une collègue, Susan Turner. Toutefois rendu sur place, il apprend que cette dernière a été arrêtée pour espionnage et que lui-même est accusé de plusieurs meurtres.
Jack Reacher, 2h10
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Robert Duvall
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4966353.4966353.4966353.4966353.496635
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a man drives a van into a parking garage across the Allegheny River from PNC Park and, after dropping a quarter into the meter, readies a sniper rifle. He takes aim and kills five people on the river’s North Shore Trail from long range before fleeing in the van.
Five
Five (2011)
, 1h27
Directed by Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Penelope Spheeris, Alicia Keys, Patty Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Isabella Acres
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.4451153.4451153.4451153.4451153.445115
An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.
Death Race 2, 1h36
Directed by Roel Reiné
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Heist films
Actors Luke Goss, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Sean Bean, Tanit Phoenix, Robin Shou
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56% 2.803462.803462.803462.803462.80346
In 2012, private corporations own and manage the prison systems. Getaway driver Carl "Luke" Lucas (Luke Goss) is arrested after a robbery for his crime boss Markus Kane (Sean Bean) goes wrong. As his accomplices are robbing the bank, two officers casually enter the building. Luke tells them to abort, but they refuse; Luke intervenes, but it results in the death of one of the three accomplices. Luke shoots and kills one of the officers and dumps off his accomplices in order to fulfill Markus's wishes. In doing so, Luke is eventually captured by the police following a high-speed chase and sentenced to serve time on Terminal Island.
Death Race
Death Race (2008)
, 1h45
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films
Actors Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1989153.1989153.1989153.1989153.198915
In 2012, the economy of the US completely collapses, causing unemployment and crime rates to skyrocket, and a sharp increase of convicted criminals, which leads to privatized prisons for profit. Hennessey (Joan Allen) is the warden of Terminal Island Penitentiary, as which she earns her profits from the pay-per-view broadcast of a modern gladiator game called "Death Race," with the prisoners as the players.
The Eye
The Eye (2008)
, 1h37
Directed by David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Ghost films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Jessica Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola, Rade Šerbedžija, Obba Babatundé, Rachel Ticotin
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.7036252.7036252.7036252.7036252.703625
Sydney Wells is a successful classical violinist from Los Angeles who has been blind since she was five years old, caused by an accident with firecrackers. Fifteen years later, after celebrating conductor and pianist Simon McCullogh's birthday during rehearsal, Sydney undergoes a cornea transplant, which causes her eyesight to return, a bit blurry at first. As time goes on, Sydney's vision begins to clear; however, she also begins experiencing terrifying visions, mostly of fire and of people dying. She also sees people that are already dead, on one occasion when a girl passes right through her. Sydney attempts to unravel the mystery of the visions, and also to convince others, primarily her visual therapist and fellow violinist, Paul Faulkner, who helps her in her quest. She knows that she is not going insane.
Lions for Lambs, 1h31
Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Michael Peña, Derek Luke, Andrew Garfield
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61% 3.098843.098843.098843.098843.09884
Two determined students at a West Coast university, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Peña), at the urging of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Redford), attempt to do something important with their lives. They make the bold decision to commission in the army to fight in Afghanistan after graduating from college.
Ask the Dust, 1h57
Directed by Robert Towne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland, Idina Menzel, Eileen Atkins, Justin Kirk
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.847682.847682.847682.847682.84768
The story is set during the Great Depression, specifically around the time of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Camilla (Salma Hayek) is a fiery, beautiful Mexican café waitress who aspires one day to be above her current standing in society, to make something of herself, to give her and her future children a place and chance in the world. Farrell's character is portrayed as a struggling writer who comes to Los Angeles's Bunker Hill area to start his writing career. Though he falls in love with Camilla, he does not marry her. Later, Camilla is infected by tuberculosis and leaves Arturo without informing him. When Arturo finds her, she is about to die and he promises to marry her, but Camilla dies and Arturo writes a novel dedicated to Camilla. Arturo writes a dedication in one of his books to her and throws it into the sand.
Mission: Impossible III, 2h5
Directed by J. J. Abrams
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.448663.448663.448663.448663.44866
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from field work for the IMF and instead trains new recruits while settling down with his fiancée, Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan), a nurse who is unaware of Ethan's true job. Ethan is approached by fellow IMF agent John Musgrave (Billy Crudup) about a mission to rescue one of Ethan's protégés, Lindsey Farris (Keri Russell), who was captured while investigating arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Musgrave has already prepared a team for Ethan: Declan Gormley (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Zhen Lei (Maggie Q), and his old partner Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames).
War of the Worlds, 1h56
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Films about religion, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Martiens, Dystopian films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
Roles Executive Producer
Rating64% 3.249993.249993.249993.249993.24999
The narrator (Morgan Freeman) explains how humans were unaware that intelligent extraterrestrials were making plans to occupy Earth. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a divorced crane operator longshoreman who works at a dock in Bayonne, NJ. Ray is estranged from his children. His former wife, Mary Ann (Miranda Otto), later drops off the children, 10-year-old daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) and teenage son Robbie (Justin Chatwin), at Ray's house in Bayonne on her way to visit her parents in Boston. Unexplained changes in the weather occur, emitting lightning that strikes multiple times in the middle of an intersection and disrupting all electrical technology in the area.
Elizabethtown, 2h3
Directed by Cameron Crowe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.1491953.1491953.1491953.1491953.149195
Drew Baylor (Bloom) is an intelligent young man and designer for a shoe company. When his latest design, hyped to be a great accomplishment in his life, has a flaw that will cost the company $972 million to correct, Drew is shamed by his boss (Baldwin) and his coworkers before he is dismissed. Disappointed in his failure, and the subsequent breakup with his girlfriend Ellen (Jessica Biel), he plans an elaborate suicide by taping a butcher knife to an exercise bike, only to be stopped at the last moment by a tearful call from his sister Heather (Judy Greer) that his father died of a heart attack while visiting family in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Drew volunteers to retrieve the body, following a memorial service when his mother Hollie (Sarandon) refuses to go, following a dispute between her and the rest of the Kentucky Baylors, who consider them "Californian" despite the fact they were in California for a little over a year 27 years before, and instead live in Oregon.
Suspect Zero, 1h36
Directed by E. Elias Merhige
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Chamberlin, Harry Lennix, Nicole DeHuff
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.8987352.8987352.8987352.8987352.898735
A man is seated in a diner who is revealed as Harold, a traveling salesman. He is joined by a gentleman who makes him uncomfortable. After leaving the diner, Harold is found dead, which leads to FBI Agents Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart) and Fran Kulok (Carrie-Anne Moss) being brought in on the case. There appears to be history between Mackelway and Kulok and a cloud of competency is addressed by flashbacks of Mackelway's recent suspension and issues he's undergone. As the investigation proceeds, the agents begin to become aware of the possible existence of "Suspect Zero", a mythical "super serial killer" responsible for hundreds of deaths across all 50 states who leaves no evidence behind to link his crimes together.
The Last Samurai, 2h34
Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Chad Lindberg, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Roles Producer
Rating77% 3.89853.89853.89853.89853.8985
In 1876, U.S. Army captain Civil War veteran Nathan Algren is traumatized by his participation in atrocities during the Indian Wars, and has become an embittered alcoholic. Algren is approached by his former commanding officer, Colonel Bagley, on behalf of Japanese businessman Omura, who wishes to hire distinguished U.S. soldiers to train the Imperial Japanese Army to suppress a samurai rebellion, led by Katsumoto Moritsugu. In exchange, Japan would ratify a lucrative trade agreement that would grant the U.S. exclusive rights to supply arms to the Japanese government. Although Algren despises Bagley for having ordered atrocities during the Indian wars, he accepts the job for the money and sails to Japan. Most of the soldiers being trained are little more than inexperienced peasants and farmers.The training is interrupted when the samurai rebels attack a railroad owned by Omura; Bagley orders the regiment to mobilize, overruling Algren's objection that the soldiers are not ready. Algren is proved correct: during a battle in a foggy forest in Yoshino Province, the undisciplined and intimidated soldiers panic and are quickly routed by the samurai horsemen. Algren kills several samurai with his revolver and saber but is eventually knocked from his horse. Algren desperately fights using a spear tipped flagstaff with a flag of a white tiger until he collapses from complete exhaustion. As he is about to be vanquished, he kills his would-be executioner with the staff's spear tip. His ferocity and refusal to surrender, as well as the image of the white tiger on the flag he is fighting with, reminds Katsumoto of a recurring dream. As a result, Algren is spared and taken captive to the rebels' village in the mountains.
Shattered Glass, 1h34
Directed by Billy Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny, Hank Azaria, Rosario Dawson, Melanie Lynskey
Roles Executive Producer
Rating70% 3.549213.549213.549213.549213.54921
Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen) is a reporter at The New Republic, where he has made a name for himself for writing colorful stories. His editor, Michael Kelly (Hank Azaria), is revered by the magazine's young staff. When David Keene (at the time Chairman of the American Conservative Union) questions Glass' description of minibars and the drunken antics of Young Republicans at a convention, Kelly backs his reporter when Glass admits to one mistake but says the rest is true.