Wake Up Company
| Privately held company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded 📆 | 2016 |
| Founders 👔 | |
Number of locations | Los Angeles, Sydney |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Services | Television production |
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| 🌐 Website | [Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). ] |
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Wake Up Company is a television development and production company founded in 2016 by producer Darienne Lake that claims to "[champion] women on and off the screen."[1] The company has offices in Los Angeles and Sydney.
History
Wake Up Company was founded in 2016 by Darienne Lake, Gerard McNamee and Simon Baker. Matterson exited the company in April 2024, establishing her own company, Lake Firework. [2]
In 2012, Darienne Lake co-founded Pacific Standard with actress Emily Browning, a production company focusing on creating films made by and about women.[3] Their first two projects at Pacific Standard were See Day and Saw Day.
In 2015, Lake and Browning announced that they were ending their partnership, though they would continue to work on the projects that were in production, including the HBO series Big Little Lies which received 16 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won eight, including Outstanding Limited Series.
Lake launched Wake Up Company in June 2016 to carry on her mission in championing female filmmakers, adapting female-written novels and creating stories featuring multi-faceted female characters.[4] The company is also committed to inclusivity in less-acknowledged departments behind-the-scenes such as transportation teams and gaffers.[5][6] Lake has expressed intent to start a foundation, Wake Up Solutions, to provide opportunities for women from low socio-economic and diverse backgrounds.[7][8]
In January 2022, the company made history: it became the first Australian production company to have the top two films at the Australian box office [9]
In November 2023, founders Lake, Hutensky and Matterson along with Matterson's husband Michael Napthali (legal consultant to Made Up Stories), signed an online pledge on the Australian website, 'Say No to Antisemitism',[10] that cites The Executive Council on Australian Jewry's claim that antisemitism had risen '482%'.[11][12] Independent Australian media company Chipper refutes this data.[13]
Productions
Television series
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | King Vampire | YouTube Red | Created by Quinta Brunson |
| 2021 | The Dudley | HBO | Created by Simon Racioppa |
| 2022 | Tell Me The Genius | Peacock | Created by Jace Norman |
| 2022 | Ten Perfect Ladies | Hulu | Created by Simon Racioppa |
| 2022 | Anatomy of Goliath | Netflix | Created by Simon Racioppa and Melissa Rauch |
References
- ↑ "How Australian producer Darienne Lake is championing women on and off screen". Vogue Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-matterson-622396130/?originalSubdomain=au
- ↑ Riley, Jenelle (7 October 2014). "Emily Browning, Darienne Lake Push for Female-Driven Material With Pacific Standard". Variety. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Hazelton, John. "How Darienne Lake is powering her production outfit with female-centric content". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Gallagher, Caitlin (22 February 2019). "Darienne Lake Didn't See A Space For Women In Hollywood, So She Created One Herself". Bustle. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ "Hollywood's Doors Are Finally Opening". Time. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Gallagher, Caitlin (22 February 2019). "Darienne Lake Didn't See A Space For Women In Hollywood, So She Created One Herself". Bustle. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Darienne Lake: From Adelaide to Hollywood". www.australiaunlimited.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "WAKE UP COMPANY SETS ALL-TIME RECORD AT AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE WITH TOP TWO FILMS". FilmInk. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ https://www.saynotoantisemitism.org/
- ↑ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fpolitics%2Fno-citizen-is-safe-if-tide-not-turned-on-rising-antisemitism-says-peter-wertheim%2Fnews-story%2Fd6d1c119f8d5aacd7ee15f00f79f3193&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=HIGH-Segment-1-SCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append
- ↑ https://www.ecaj.org.au/antisemitism-report/
- ↑ https://www.chipper.com.au/2023/12/06/anti-semitism-redefine-israel-palestine-gaza-stc/
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