---
name: "Cary Woods"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cary-woods"
fi1m_id: "cary-woods"
imdb_id: "nm0940531"
tmdb_id: 5505
wikidata_id: "Q2940710"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 May 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-28T21:16:08.602126+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cary Woods

## Identity

Cary Woods

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cary-woods
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cary-woods
- **IMDb ID:** nm0940531
- **TMDB ID:** 5505
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2940710
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Woods, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2940710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940531/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5505

Producer. Born 6 May 1957 in The Bronx.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 May 1957, The Bronx
- **Active:** 1996–1998
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $557m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Woods, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2940710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940531/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5505

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Scream*](https://film.one/film/scream.md) (86)

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## Biography

Cary Woods is an American film producer. Born on 6 May 1957 in The Bronx, New York, he graduated from the USC School of Law and began his career as a talent agent at the William Morris Agency.

He later worked as a vice president at Sony Pictures Entertainment before moving into production. Woods produced films including *Rudy* (1993), *So I Married an Axe Murderer* (1993), *Only You* (1994), *Kids* (1995), *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), *Swingers* (1996, executive producer), *Scream* (1996), *Cop Land* (1997) and *Gummo* (1997). He also served as co-executive producer on *Godzilla* (1998).

In 1995 he founded Independent Pictures. Woods produced the directorial debuts or breakthrough features of several filmmakers, including Alexander Payne on *Citizen Ruth* (1996).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, m.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Godzilla* (1998), Fi1m 46, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md)
- *Scream* (1996), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scream.md)
- *Swingers* (1996), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/swingers.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hard Hat Riot* (2025), Producer
- *Killer of Men* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Paris, Not France* (2008), Executive Producer
- *The Prime Gig* (2001), Producer
- *Buddy Boy* (2000), Producer
- *Julien Donkey-Boy* (1999), Producer
- *The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy* (1999), Producer
- *Godzilla* (1998), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md)
- *Wide Awake* (1998), Producer
- *Gummo* (1997), Producer
- *Cop Land* (1997), Producer
- *Scream* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/scream.md)
- *Citizen Ruth* (1996), Producer
- *Swingers* (1996), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/swingers.md)
- *Beautiful Girls* (1996), Producer
- *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), Producer
- *Kids* (1995), Producer
- *Clerks.* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Threesome* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Only You* (1994), Producer
- *Rudy* (1993), Producer
- *So I Married an Axe Murderer* (1993), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Cary Woods](https://film.one/media/person/86636/gallery-cf0e9a65bb14.jpg) Cary Woods — MaxFZell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Cary_Woods.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cary Woods Headshot (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/86636/gallery-1e083fb0e1fd.jpg) Cary Woods Headshot (2018) — MaxFZell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Cary_Woods_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Film Producer Cary Woods (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/86636/gallery-81d50a5e50ac.jpg) Film Producer Cary Woods (2018) — MaxFZell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Cary_Woods_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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