"Lucy Fisher" is an American film producer. She was previously Vice Chairman of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group at Sony Studios, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production at Warner Brothers, Head of Production at Zoetrope Studios and Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox. She was described by Jack Nicholson as,

"This is a jazzy girl, this casually brilliant vice chairperson of Sony Pictures. The executive that no one flees at parties. The suit with legs... Lucy is the smartest, sweetest girl in class...The one who spends each Valentine's Day wondering whether everyone else in class got enough cards in their box." Schneider, Wolf and Troise, Pat. "The Hollywood 10 Step." Movieline Apr. 1998:76-81.

"Lucy Fisher." Online Magazine. Premiere 2 November 2000. http://www.premieremag.com/archives/women/html/fisher

Along with her partner and husband Douglas Wick, she is co-head of Red Wagon Entertainment.Lyman, Rick. "President of Columbia Pictures Promoted." The New York Times 16 Dec. 1999: n. pag. The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Dec. 1999. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. .

Fisher's most recent production was The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan.

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Obviously, when you make a bigger-budget movie, the more well-known the faces are, the happier the financiers are.