Wendy Finerman is an American film producer of nearly a dozen feature films.
Early life Finerman was born to a Jewish family and raised in Beverly Hills, California.New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths FINERMAN, JANE" March 28, 2012 Her sister, Karen Finerman, is a hedgefund owner/trader in New York City and appears on CNBC's Fast Money.MSNBC: "An excerpt from Karen Finerman's “Finerman's Rules”" June 5, 2013
Career 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.
Personal life 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.
Filmography Producer Hot to Trot (1988) Forrest Gump (1994) The Fan (1996) FairyTale: A True Story (1997) Stepmom (1998) Sugar & Spice (2001) Drumline (2002) The Devil Wears Prada (2006) P.S. I Love You (2007) One for the Money (2012) The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)Executive producer I Like It Like That (1994) In a Class of His Own (1999) One for the Money (2002) Surrender, Dorothy (2006) Drumline: A New Beat (2014) Love by the 10th Date (2017) Guilty Pleasures (TBA)
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