# Joe Wizan

Joe Wizan (January 7, 1935 – March 21, 2011) was an American film producer and studio executive. He was head of 20th Century Fox's motion picture division from 1983 to 1984. His credits as a producer or executive producer include Jeremiah Johnson, Junior Bonner, The Last American Hero, Audrey Rose, Along Came a Spider and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. Wizan died on March 21, 2011, at an assisted-living facility in Westlake Village, California. He was 76.
After leaving as president of 20th Century Fox Productions in July 1984, he resumed his independent producer status at the studio.
In 1987, Joe Wizan Productions decided to invest in a $5 million Canadian investment firm for the total financing of his company's projects over the U.S., and merged his company Sterobcar Productions, with a Canadian investment firm Black Pearl Resources, in order to start out a new company Wizan Film Properties, and that Brian Findlay would be a principal of the firm, which lined up Canadian principals in the new fund, and instead of going hat-in-hand to studios, Wizan is planning on to develop screenplays in close collaborations with writers, and to flesh out packages with stars and majors before shopping the properties to the majors.

## Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
| 1972 | Jeremiah Johnson | | |
| 1972 | Prime Cut | | |
| 1972 | Junior Bonner | | |
| 1973 | The Last American Hero | Executive producer | |
| 1974 | 99 and 44/100% Dead | | |
| 1977 | Audrey Rose | | |
| 1979 | Voices | | |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Executive producer | |
| 1982 | Best Friends | Executive producer | |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | | |
| 1984 | Unfaithfully Yours | | |
| 1986 | Iron Eagle | | |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | | |
| 1988 | Split Decisions | | |
| 1988 | Spellbinder | | |
| 1990 | The Guardian | | |
| 1990 | Short Time | Executive producer | |
| 1991 | Becoming Colette | Executive producer | |
| 1992 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Executive producer | |
| 1992 | Class Act | Executive producer | |
| 1993 | Fire in the Sky | | |
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | | |
| 1996 | Dunston Checks In | | |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | | |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | | Final film as a producer |

#### Miscellaneous crew

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Presenter |
| 1981 | Hard Feelings | Presenter |
| 1988 | Iron Eagle II | Presenter |

#### Thanks

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1979 | Natural Enemies | Special thanks |
| 2011 | Under the Bridge | Dedicatee |

### Television

| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
| 1979 | The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1981 | Dark Night of the Scarecrow | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1985 | Silent Witness | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1986 | Sunday Drive | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1990 | El Diablo | | Television film |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1993 | Official Denial | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1999 | Sealed with a Kiss | | Television film |

#### As an actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | The Preppie Murder | Mr. Maitland | Television film |