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Producer

Wyck Godfrey

Bio

WYCK GODFREY produced the recent features When a Stranger Calls and Eragon, the latter film based on a bestselling fantasy novel. After producing or executive producing six films in a four-year span, Godfrey felt ready to strike out and make films for an audience that he and his friend Marty Bowen felt Hollywood had forgotten—the people of the heartland of America, many of whom are left yearning for films with meaning and spiritual content. Godfrey and Bowen partnered to form their own production company, Temple Hill. Their first project was The Nativity Story, directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The company’s most recent film was the romantic comedy Management, starring Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn.

Godfrey began his career as a creative executive at New Line Cinema after graduating from Princeton University in 1990 with a degree in English. At New Line, he worked on such hits as The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and various films in the popular House Party and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchises. In 1995, he moved on to Horizon Pictures, production company of Paul Schiff and Michael London. As senior vice president of production, he oversaw their development slate and staff at 20th Century Fox.

Two years later, Godfrey joined John Davis at Davis Entertainment as an executive vice president. There, he oversaw the surprise action hit Behind Enemy Lines, directed by John Moore and starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. He was promoted to president in 2001 and later that year developed and produced the family comedy Daddy Day Care, directed by Steve Carr and starring Eddie Murphy. In 2003, he produced the summer blockbuster I, Robot, starring Will Smith and directed by Alex Proyas, and the rousing adventure Flight of the Phoenix, his second film with director John Moore. He also developed and served as an executive producer on Alien vs. Predator, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson of Resident Evil fame.

Producer- Job Description

The chief of a movie production in all matters save the creative efforts of the director. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors.