Gareth Wigan Longtime studio executive: Los Angeles - February 19, 2010
Gareth Wigan, 78, a longtime studio executive who also was a producer and agent, died Saturday at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness, a spokesman for Columbia Pictures said.
Wigan, born Dec. 2, 1931, in London, began his career as an agent in the late 1950s and moved to California in the 1970s, working as an executive for several Hollywood studios.
In the mid-1960s, he formed his own agency, which was sold to EMI in 1970. Wigan next moved to 20th Century Fox, where he was a production executive and early supporter of "Star Wars."
In 1979, Wigan and fellow Fox executives Alan Ladd Jr. and Jay Kanter formed the Ladd Co., and they developed and produced such films as "Chariots of Fire" and "The Right Stuff."
Wigan joined Sony's Columbia Pictures as a consultant in 1987, and in 1997 was named co-vice chairman of the Columbia TriStar motion picture group.
In 2008, Wigan became a strategic advisor for Sony Pictures Entertainment's international film business.
Gareth Wigan, 78, a longtime studio executive who also was a producer and agent, died Saturday at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness, a spokesman for Columbia Pictures said.
Wigan, born Dec. 2, 1931, in London, began his career as an agent in the late 1950s and moved to California in the 1970s, working as an executive for several Hollywood studios.
In the mid-1960s, he formed his own agency, which was sold to EMI in 1970. Wigan next moved to 20th Century Fox, where he was a production executive and early supporter of "Star Wars."
In 1979, Wigan and fellow Fox executives Alan Ladd Jr. and Jay Kanter formed the Ladd Co., and they developed and produced such films as "Chariots of Fire" and "The Right Stuff."
Wigan joined Sony's Columbia Pictures as a consultant in 1987, and in 1997 was named co-vice chairman of the Columbia TriStar motion picture group.
In 2008, Wigan became a strategic advisor for Sony Pictures Entertainment's international film business.
Gareth Wigan Longtime studio executive: Los Angeles - February 19, 2010
Gareth Wigan, 78, a longtime studio executive who also was a producer and agent, died Saturday at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness, a spokesman for Columbia Pictures said.
Wigan, born Dec. 2, 1931, in London, began his career as an agent in the late 1950s and moved to California in the 1970s, working as an executive for several Hollywood studios.
In the mid-1960s, he formed his own agency, which was sold to EMI in 1970. Wigan next moved to 20th Century Fox, where he was a production executive and early supporter of "Star Wars."
In 1979, Wigan and fellow Fox executives Alan Ladd Jr. and Jay Kanter formed the Ladd Co., and they developed and produced such films as "Chariots of Fire" and "The Right Stuff."
Wigan joined Sony's Columbia Pictures as a consultant in 1987, and in 1997 was named co-vice chairman of the Columbia TriStar motion picture group.
In 2008, Wigan became a strategic advisor for Sony Pictures Entertainment's international film business.
Gareth Wigan, 78, a longtime studio executive who also was a producer and agent, died Saturday at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness, a spokesman for Columbia Pictures said.
Wigan, born Dec. 2, 1931, in London, began his career as an agent in the late 1950s and moved to California in the 1970s, working as an executive for several Hollywood studios.
In the mid-1960s, he formed his own agency, which was sold to EMI in 1970. Wigan next moved to 20th Century Fox, where he was a production executive and early supporter of "Star Wars."
In 1979, Wigan and fellow Fox executives Alan Ladd Jr. and Jay Kanter formed the Ladd Co., and they developed and produced such films as "Chariots of Fire" and "The Right Stuff."
Wigan joined Sony's Columbia Pictures as a consultant in 1987, and in 1997 was named co-vice chairman of the Columbia TriStar motion picture group.
In 2008, Wigan became a strategic advisor for Sony Pictures Entertainment's international film business.
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