Marc Platt (producer)

Marc Platt
Born (1957-04-14) April 14, 1957
Pikesville, Maryland, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania, NYU School of Law
Occupation Film, television and theatre producer
Spouse(s) Julie Beren
Children 5 (including Ben Platt and Jonah Platt)

Marc E. Platt (born April 14, 1957) is an American film, television, and theatre producer. He received Academy Award nominations for producing Bridge of Spies and La La Land.

Early life and education

Platt was born and raised in Pikesville, Maryland, to a schoolteacher mother and a father who worked in the retail shoe business. He has an older brother (Jeffrey) and a younger sister (Wendy). His family is Jewish.[1][2][3] He graduated from Pikesville High School in 1975 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. He was an avid member of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club during his time at the university. After graduation, he went on to and graduated from New York University law school and began his career as an entertainment attorney.[4]

Career

He started producing in theatre, before moving into film. He has served as president of production for three movie studios: Orion Pictures, TriStar Pictures, and Universal Studios. Platt has since formed his own production company, Marc Platt Productions, within the Universal realm and continues to pursue creative projects. His company is responsible for the Legally Blonde films and the HBO miniseries Empire Falls.[5]

He was executive producer of the two-part docudrama The Path to 9/11, shown on ABC on the five-year anniversary of 9/11 on September 10 and 11, 2006. The film was controversial and accused of having a political agenda and fictionalizing the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks, especially those involving the Clinton administration.

Platt is also producer of the Broadway hit musical Wicked[4] and the 2008 Broadway revival of the musical Pal Joey with the Roundabout Theatre Company.[6]

Personal life

Platt lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Julie (Beren), and their five children, including actors Jonah Platt, who starred as Fiyero in Wicked, and Ben Platt of Pitch Perfect, The Book of Mormon, and Dear Evan Hansen, off then on Broadway. Marc and his wife, also a Penn graduate and trustee of the university,[7] funded the construction of a performing arts rehearsal and performance space on the campus, the Platt Student Performing Arts House. Platt is a Penn Glee Club supporter. His company has taken at least one Penn student intern a year since its inception.[8]

Filmography

Producing filmography

Cameo appearances

  • 2001: Backstage Pass (TV)
  • 2001: Inside 'Legally Blonde' (Video)
  • 2003: The Hair That Ate Hollywood (Video)
  • 2004: Wicked: The Road to Broadway (Video)
  • 2004: Broadway: The American Musical (Episode: "Putting it Together")
  • 2007: ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
  • 2008: Max on Set: Wanted (TV)

Theatre and musical productions

References

  1. ↑ Jewish Journal: "Producer Marc Platt: The man behind “Wicked” and “Bridge of Spies” aspires to great art" by Danielle Berrin February 23, 2016
  2. ↑ Jewish Weekly: "The tribe goes to the Oscars" by Nate Bloom February 13, 2017
  3. ↑ Times of Israel: "La La Land: Who knew it was so Jewish" by Francine Wolfsiz February 27, 2017
  4. 1 2 Hughes, Samuel. "COVER STORY: Passion Plays". Pennsylvania Gazette. May/June 2006.
  5. ↑ Empire Falls cast biography. HBO Films.
  6. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Hoff Is Broadway's New Pal Joey, With Stockard Channing and Martha Plimpton, at Studio 54" Archived 2008-06-22 at the Wayback Machine.. Playbill. June 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ "UPenn Trustees". University of Pennsylvania.
  8. ↑ "Lead Gift Creates a Permanent Home for Student Performing Arts at Penn". University of Pennsylvania (September 2005); accessed April 30, 2017.
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