Joe Wizan (January 7, 1935 – March 21, 2011) was an American film producer and studio executive. He was head of
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...
's motion picture division from 1983 to 1984. His credits as a producer or executive producer include ''
Jeremiah Johnson'', ''
Junior Bonner
''Junior Bonner'' is a 1972 American Western 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 returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizon ...
'', ''
The Last American Hero'', ''
Audrey Rose'', ''
Along Came a Spider'' and ''
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
''Dark Night of the Scarecrow'' is a 1981 American made-for-television horror film directed by veteran novelist Frank De Felitta (author of '' Audrey Rose'') from a script by J.D. Feigelson. Feigelson's intent had been to make an independent feat ...
''. Wizan died on March 21, 2011, at an assisted-living facility in
Westlake Village, California
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. He was 76.
In 1987, Joe Wizan Productions decided to invest in a $5 million Canadian investment firm for the total financing of his company's projects over the U.S., and merged his company Sterobcar Productions, with a Canadian investment firm Black Pearl Resources, in order to start out a new company Wizan Film Properties, and that Brian Findlay would be a principal of the firm, which lined up Canadian principals in the new fund, and instead of going hat-in-hand to studios, Wizan is planning on to develop screenplays in close collaborations with writers, and to flesh out packages with stars and majors before shopping the properties to the majors.
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
;Miscellaneous crew
;Thanks
Television
;As an actor
References
External links
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1935 births
2011 deaths
American film studio executives
Film producers from California
People from Malibu, California
Place of birth missing
People from Westlake Village, California
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