Lionel Wigram

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 cofounder 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 Harlins Company and worked at Shep Gordon and Carolyn Pfeiffers 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 film series In addition to the Harry Potter films Wigram also championed such films as Three Kings Charlotte Gray and The Big Tease He later transitioned from executive to independent producer with a first look deal at Warner Bros During his tenure Wigram produced the 2009 hit film Sherlock Holmes Wigram also cowrote the story for the film The basis for the film was a comic book he also wrote conceiving the worlds greatest detective for todays audience He was also a producer on the sequel Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows Aside from the Sherlock franchise Wigram was also executive producer of the last four Harry Potter films as well as August Rush and The Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Gahoole In 2012 Wigram started a joint production company with his frequent collaborator Guy Ritchie called RitchieWigram films The companys first film The Man from UNCLE was released in August 2015 Currently Ritchie and Wigram are working on their fourth film together Knights Of The Round Table King Arthur scheduled for release in July 2016 which Wigram also cowrote with Ritchie and Joby Harold He is also producer on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them based on the book by JK Rowling due to be released in November 2016 Wigram was instrumental in realizing the creative possibility of adapting the book as a film