---
name: "Paula Wagner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paula-wagner"
fi1m_id: "paula-wagner"
imdb_id: "nm0906048"
tmdb_id: 9183
wikidata_id: "Q509219"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "12 December 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T02:47:48.923647+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."
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# Paula Wagner

## Identity

Paula Wagner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paula-wagner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paula-wagner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0906048
- **TMDB ID:** 9183
- **Wikidata ID:** Q509219
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Wagner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q509219, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9183

Producer. Born 12 December 1946 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 12 December 1946, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md), [Robert Towne](https://film.one/person/robert-towne.md), [Ving Rhames](https://film.one/person/ving-rhames.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 68 (6), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 5, Action 4, Adventure 4, Mystery 3, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,877m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Wagner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q509219, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9183

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Mission: Impossible III*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md) (70), [*Vanilla Sky*](https://film.one/film/vanilla-sky.md) (58), [*Mission: Impossible II*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*Mission: Impossible*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md) (81)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Last Samurai*](https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paula Wagner (born Paula Sue Kauffman, 12 December 1946) is an American film producer and studio executive. She was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. She began her career as a talent agent at Creative Artists Agency, where she represented actors including Tom Cruise.

In 1992 she co-founded Cruise/Wagner Productions with Cruise. The company’s first release was *Mission: Impossible* (1996), which Wagner produced; subsequent credits include *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), *Vanilla Sky* (2001), *The Last Samurai* (2003), *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), *War of the Worlds* (2005, executive producer) and *Jack Reacher* (2012). She later served as co-owner and CEO of United Artists from 2006 to 2008.

Wagner continues to produce through Chestnut Ridge Productions, with credits including the film *Marshall* (2017). She has also produced theatre, including *Pretty Woman: The Musical*, and has served on the National Board of Directors of the Producers Guild of America.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Neagley* (2026), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/neagley.md)
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *War of the Worlds* (2005), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)
- *The Last Samurai* (2003), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai.md)
- *The Others* (2001), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-others.md)
- *Vanilla Sky* (2001), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/vanilla-sky.md)
- *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Neagley* (2026), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/neagley.md)
- *Reacher* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Marshall* (2017), Producer
- *Jack Reacher: Never Go Back* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Jack Reacher* (2012), Producer
- *Five* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Death Race 2* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Death Race* (2008), Producer
- *The Eye* (2008), Producer
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *Ask the Dust* (2006), Producer
- *Elizabethtown* (2005), Producer
- *War of the Worlds* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)
- *Suspect Zero* (2004), Producer
- *The Last Samurai* (2003), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai.md)
- *Shattered Glass* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Hitting It Hard* (2002), Producer
- *Narc* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Vanilla Sky* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/vanilla-sky.md)
- *The Others* (2001), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-others.md)
- *Mission: Impossible II* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ii.md)
- *Without Limits* (1998), Producer
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *Out of Our Fathers' House* (1978), Writer
- *Loose Change* (1978), series, as Roxanne
- *Space Academy* (1977), series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Crystal Award 2016: Crystal Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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