Lionel Wigram (Production)

Lionel Wigram (born 1961) is a British film producer and screenplay writer. He was named a senior vice president of production at Warner Bros. in November 2000. He grew up in England. He was educated at Eton College and Oxford University, where he was a co-founder of the Oxford Film Foundation. Wigram then worked as a runner for producer Elliott Kastner. After working for Kastner for several years, he eventually produced several low budget films for him in partnership with Cassian Elwes. He then spent ten years working in the independent world both as an executive and as a producer. He ran Renny Harlin's Company and worked at Shep Gordon and Carolyn Pfeiffer’s company, Alive Films. Wigram was named a senior vice president of production at Warner Bros. in November 2000. As a studio executive, he was responsible for buying the Harry Potter book series for the studio, as well overseeing the eight...Read More