---
name: "Wendy Finerman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wendy-finerman"
fi1m_id: "wendy-finerman"
imdb_id: "nm0277704"
tmdb_id: 28
wikidata_id: "Q459177"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 August 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T19:26:39.017956+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."
---

# Wendy Finerman

## Identity

Wendy Finerman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wendy-finerman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wendy-finerman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0277704
- **TMDB ID:** 28
- **Wikidata ID:** Q459177
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Finerman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28

Producer. Born 2 August 1961 in California.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 August 1961, California
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Aline Brosh McKenna](https://film.one/person/aline-brosh-mckenna.md), [Anne Hathaway](https://film.one/person/anne-hathaway.md), [David Frankel](https://film.one/person/david-frankel.md), [Emily Blunt](https://film.one/person/emily-blunt.md), [Meryl Streep](https://film.one/person/meryl-streep.md), [Stanley Tucci](https://film.one/person/stanley-tucci.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (1), 2000s 70 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,695m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Finerman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Devil Wears Prada*](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada.md) (70), [*The Devil Wears Prada 2*](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada-2.md) (64)
- **Apple TV:** [*Forrest Gump*](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Wendy Finerman is an American film producer. She is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and founded her own production company, Wendy Finerman Productions, in 1988.

She produced *Forrest Gump* (1994), for which she shared the Academy Award for Best Picture, and *The Devil Wears Prada* (2006). Other credits include *Stepmom* (1998), *Drumline* (2002), *P.S. I Love You* (2007) and *The Devil Wears Prada 2* (2026). She also produced *FairyTale: A True Story* (1997), for which she received a BAFTA Award.

Finerman was formerly married to producer Mark Canton and is married to David Peterson. She has four children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wsj.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Devil Wears Prada 2* (2026), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada-2.md)
- *The Devil Wears Prada* (2006), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada.md)
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Devil Wears Prada 2* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada-2.md)
- *Love by the 10th Date* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Drumline: A New Beat* (2014), Executive Producer
- *One for the Money* (2012), Producer
- *P.S. I Love You* (2007), Producer
- *The Devil Wears Prada* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-devil-wears-prada.md)
- *Surrender, Dorothy* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Drumline* (2002), Producer
- *Sugar & Spice* (2001), Producer
- *In a Class of His Own* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Stepmom* (1998), Producer
- *FairyTale: A True Story* (1997), Producer
- *The Fan* (1996), Producer
- *I Like It Like That* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *Hot to Trot* (1988), Co-Producer
- *Chasing My Cure*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1995: Best Picture (won)

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

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