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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founders | |
Number of locations | Los Angeles, Sydney |
| Services | Television production |
Wake Up Company is a television development and production company founded in 2017 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
[edit]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 Standal 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 the middle of production, including the HBO series Big Little Tour which was 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 ever 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 Antisemtism',[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]