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World of Wonder (company)

World of Wonder
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1991 (1991)
Founder
  • Randy Barbato
  • Fenton Bailey
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Services
Websiteworldofwonder.net

World of Wonder Productions is an American production company[1] founded in 1991 by filmmakers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey.[2] Based in Los Angeles, California, the company specializes in documentary television and film productions with a key focus on LGBTQ topics. Together, Barbato and Bailey have produced programming through World of Wonder for HBO, Bravo, HGTV,[3] Showtime, BBC,[4] Netflix,[5] MTV and VH1,[6][7] with credits including the Million Dollar Listing docuseries, RuPaul's Drag Race,[2] and the documentary films The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)[3][7][8] and Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016).[9][10][11][12]

World of Wonder is best known for its contributions towards LGBTQ programming, for which they won an Outfest Annual Achievement Award in 2011.[13] Their most well known production is RuPaul's Drag Race. They have managed the career of drag queen and titular host RuPaul since the early 1990s, eventually producing the television franchise alongside the majority of its live shows, podcasts, television specials, and conventions.[14]

  1. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-07-16). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Producers Talk Staggering 14 Emmy Nominations, The Most In VH1 History". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. ^ a b Kilday, Gregg (October 2, 2014). "Robert Redford to Be Honored by International Documentary Association". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ritchie, Kevin (February 13, 2014). "Realscreen's Trailblazers 2014: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato". Real Scren. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Freakshow: World of Wonder is Hollywood's Nuttiest Production Company". www.out.com. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  5. ^ D'Addario, Daniel (2018-09-28). "TV Review: Netflix's 'Dancing Queen'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  6. ^ Turchiano, Danielle (2018-03-16). "How 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Sashayed Into a 10th Season". Variety. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  7. ^ a b "World of Wonder [us]". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "The Eyes of Tammy Faye". IMDb. October 2000. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  9. ^ Portwood, Jerry (April 5, 2016). "Why We'll Never Forget Robert Mapplethorpe". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  10. ^ Barnes, Brooks (January 22, 2016). "Interview: The Directors Behind a Mapplethorpe Documentary". New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  11. ^ Knight, Christopher (March 3, 2016). "How Robert Mapplethorpe went from America's pariah to America's sweetheart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  12. ^ Gleibermann, Owen (January 23, 2016). "Sundance Review – Mapplethorpe: Look at the pictures". BBC. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  13. ^ "OUTFEST 2011 To Present 15th Annual Achievement Award". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  14. ^ "How RuPaul Built a Mothertucking Empire Out of Nothing". E! Online. November 17, 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-01.

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