Mary Marr "Polly" Platt (January 29, 1939 – July 27, 2011) was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter. She was the first woman accepted into the Art Directors Guild, in 1971.[1] In addition to her credited work, she was known as a mentor (for which she was honored with Women in Film Crystal Award) as well as an uncredited collaborator and networker. In the case of the latter, she is credited with contributing to the success of ex-husband and director Peter Bogdanovich's early films; mentoring then first-time director and writer Cameron Crowe, and discovering actors including Cybill Shepherd, Tatum O'Neal, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, and director Wes Anderson. Platt also suggested that director James L. Brooks meet artist and illustrator Matt Groening, which eventually resulted in the satiric animated television series The Simpsons.
^"Remembering Polly Platt". The Hollywood Reporter. August 2, 2011. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
Mary Marr "Polly" Platt (January 29, 1939 – July 27, 2011) was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter. She was the first woman...
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is contemplating retirement. Produced by Roger Corman and written by PollyPlatt and Bogdanovich, the film was loosely inspired by Charles Whitman, a...
cover caught the eye of film director Peter Bogdanovich. His then-wife, PollyPlatt, claimed that when she saw the cover in a check-out line in a Ralphs...
the Devil Made It, Bogdanovich headed for Los Angeles with his wife PollyPlatt and in so doing, left his rent unpaid. Intent on breaking into the industry...
service. In 2020, Siff provided the voice for the titular subject of "PollyPlatt: The Invisible Woman", over the course of a season of Karina Longworth’s...
Writer Producer Notes Ref. 1968 Targets Yes Yes Yes Story co-written with PollyPlatt Also uncredited editor 1971 The Last Picture Show Yes Yes No Co-written...
Giorgio Moroder Ennio Morricone Harry Nilsson Jack Nitzsche Mike Oldfield PollyPlatt Owen Roizman Andrew Sarris Lalo Schifrin David Shire Bert Schneider Thelma...
Moreau in mind, and was initially played by Bogdanovich's then-wife PollyPlatt, who also served as the film's production designer, before eventually...
Nicholson Won John Lithgow Nominated Best Art Direction Art Direction: PollyPlatt and Harold Michelson; Set Decoration: Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondell...
Anderson Based on Bottle Rocket by Owen Wilson Wes Anderson Produced by PollyPlatt Cynthia Hargrave Starring Owen Wilson Luke Wilson Robert Musgrave Andrew...
academic administrator. Christopher Pitchford (1947–2017), British judge. PollyPlatt (1939–2011), American production designer and film producer. Jim Poole...
(also known as Before I Die), working with his wife and collaborator, PollyPlatt. As Bogdanovich later explained to The Hollywood Reporter, while waiting...
Walters Company, founded Gracie Films at 20th Century Fox in 1986, with PollyPlatt as executive vice president. Named for comedian Gracie Allen, the company...
divorce between director Peter Bogdanovich and his first wife, producer PollyPlatt, after he left her for actress Cybill Shepherd (whose proxy in the film...
founder James L. Brooks, who had been shown the strip by fellow producer PollyPlatt. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in...
on The Evening Star by Larry McMurtry Produced by David Kirkpatrick PollyPlatt Keith Samples Starring Shirley MacLaine Bill Paxton Juliette Lewis Miranda...
memoir of Academy Award nominated production designer and film producer PollyPlatt. Longworth was born to Duncan Longworth, a British father, and Joan Lee...
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