Awards & Winners

Wendy Finerman

Date of Birth 02-August-1960
Place of Birth California
(United States of America, Contiguous United States)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Film Producer
Wendy Finerman is an American producer of nearly a dozen feature films. She 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. Finerman's sister, Karen Finerman, is a hedgefund owner/trader in New York City and appears on CNBC's Fast Money. Her brother is real estate financier Mark Finerman of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Awards by Wendy Finerman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Wendy Finerman.

1995


Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Honored for : Forrest Gump

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Forrest Gump
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Forrest Gump

1994


Academy Award for Best Picture
Honored for : Forrest Gump
PGA Producer of the Year Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year
Honored for : Forrest Gump

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PGA Producer of the Year Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year Forrest Gump
Academy Award for Best Picture Forrest Gump