- Through her long history as a producer, Gigi Pritzker has championed the voices of both established and up-and-coming storytellers. As the Founder and CEO of Madison Wells, Pritzker's studio focuses on developing, producing, and funding projects in film, television, and theater. The company believes in telling stories by, and about, bad-ass women, as well as people who love pushing boundaries. In 2001, Pritzker formed the independent production and finance company Oddlot Entertainment, which she merged into Madison Wells in 2015. Widely considered one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, she has turned Madison Wells into one of the most respected independent producers in Hollywood. Through her leadership and vision, Madison Wells releases have become very familiar on the Awards circuit having been regularly nominated for Academy Awards, Emmy's and Tony's. Pritzker holds a position on the Sundance Institute Board of Trustees and is deeply involved in a diverse portfolio of philanthropic endeavors. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Stanford University. As an undergraduate student, she lived in Nepal for a year, which led her to producing her first documentary feature, "Bhutan, Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon," with the BBC, which launched her career in the motion picture business. She is a proud native Chicagoan. From award-winning films ("Hell or High Water," "Eyes of Tammy Faye") and Broadway plays and musicals ("Jaja's African Hair Braiding," "Hadestown" and "Shucked") to National Geographic's anthology series "Genius" and the immersive theater experience "Seven Deadly Sins," Pritzker has produced projects with partners who are aligned in the belief that good storytelling can provoke, inspire, and move audiences around the world.
- IMDb mini biography by: Madison Wells Media
- Listed in Forbes list of richest Americans in 2005. She ranked 165th with an estimated $1.5 billion.
- Y'know, everybody has an opinion about something. There are many jokes to be made about opinions ... but it is what it is. People like to chat about what they like to chat about. That's not my issue, to tell you the truth. I just focus on what we do.
- It was funny. When we started our business, Deb and I, after three years we were quite successful. And my dad came to New York and he said, 'All right, this is great. Now you proved your point, so you should come back and run this or do that.' And I said to him, 'No, Dad, I love this.'
- I think that a big hump to overcome is getting good material. It's very easy to go to Hollywood and the agents are happy to see you and they open the drawer and they pull out the 18 scripts that they haven't been able to sell in the last 10 years and say, 'Be my guest!' So, really, it was a matter of getting the credibility and the relationships to the point where we get really good material and really good access to scripts, to actors, to directors. And just kind of being there long enough.
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