Marc Platt

A former attorney who achieved executive status at RKO before taking on Mike Medavoy's job at Orion when the latter moved to TriStar. While at Orion Platt was responsible for the development of such features as "Mermaids" (1990), "Silence of the Lambs" and "Little Man Tate" (both 1991). He also played a hand in developing the box-office smash "The Addams Family" (1991) which was made by Orion but released by Paramount in the US and Columbia-TriStar abroad. Platt's move to TriStar as president of TriStar Pictures reunited him with Medavoy, who as chairman, oversaw distribution and marketing while his right-hand man Platt handled production and international affairs. Medavoy left TriStar in 1994, but Platt remained until July 1996, when he was replaced by Robert Cooper. Within one month, however, Platt had joined Universal Pictures as president of production, a post he held until April 1998.

• Born:
  April 14, 1957 in Pikesville, Maryland, USA
• Job Titles:
  Executive, Attorney

Significant Others

• Wife: Julie Platt.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, BA, 1979
• New York University, New York, NY, law, JD

Milestones

• 1987 Joined Orion as vice president for production
• 1990 Named president of production of Orion on February 20
• 1992 Became president of TriStar Pictures
• 1996 Left position as president of TriStar in July
• 1996 Named president of production at Universal Pictures in August
• 1998 Left Universal in April, reportedly after clashing with motion picture group chief Casey Silver
• 1998 Signed production deal with Universal
• 2001 Executive produced Legally Blonde (2001) starring Reese Witherspoon and it s sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
• 2003 Producer the Broadway hit musical Wicked with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman
• 2005 Produced the two-part mini-series Empire Falls that aired on HBO
• 2006 Executive produced the two-part docudrama The Path to 9/11 (ABC)
• 2008 Produced the family drama Rachel Getting Married ; earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Feature
• Began career as an entertainment attorney in New York
• Formed his own production company, Marc Platt Productions
• Served as vice president of production for RKO Pictures
• Worked with agent Sam Cohn at ICM in New York