Paula Wagner (born 12 December 1946) is an American film producer and film executive.
Wagner began her career as an actress, appearing in several Broadway and off-Broadway stage productions. Wagner also performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Wagner became a talent agent at the Creative Artists Agency; her clients included Kevin Bacon, Val Kilmer, Demi Moore, Liam Neeson, Oliver Stone, and Tom Cruise. Wagner paired Stone with Cruise for Born on ...
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Paula Wagner (born 12 December 1946) is an American film producer and film executive.
Wagner began her career as an actress, appearing in several Broadway and off-Broadway stage productions. Wagner also performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Wagner became a talent agent at the Creative Artists Agency; her clients included Kevin Bacon, Val Kilmer, Demi Moore, Liam Neeson, Oliver Stone, and Tom Cruise. Wagner paired Stone with Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July, with Kilmer on The Doors, and helped him cast JFK.
Cruise and Wagner formed Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1993. Their films include the Mission: Impossible series, Vanilla Sky, The Last Samurai, and War of the Worlds. Other projects include Without Limits, The Others, Narc, Ask the Dust, and Elizabethtown.
Wagner and Cruise arrived at United Artists in late 2006 to great fanfare and with plans for resurrecting the historic film company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin and other artists. UA has released two films Lions for...
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