Polly Platt

Acting

Polly Platt

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Jan 29, 1939 (86 years old)
Death date
Jul 27, 2011

Polly Platt

Known For

Corman's World
1h 31m
Movie 2011

Corman's World

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger...

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
0h 25m
Movie 2008

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

Interviews with individuals involved in the making of Wes Anderson's...

The Next Picture Show
0h 15m
Movie 2003

The Next Picture Show

Peter Bogdanovich recalls how Tatum O'Neal was chosen to play...

A Decade Under the Influence
1h 50m
Movie 2003

A Decade Under the Influence

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a...

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
1h 59m
Movie 2003

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during...

Sugar Town
1h 32m
Movie 1999

Sugar Town

A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians....

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
0h 58m
Movie 1991

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and...

Biography

Mary Marr "Polly" Platt (January 29, 1939 – July 27, 2011) was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter. She was the first female art director accepted into Hollywood's Art Director's Guild. In addition to her credited work, she was widely known as 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 widely credited with contributing to the success of ex-husband and director Peter Bogdanovich's early films; discovering actors such as Cybill Shepherd and Tatum O'Neal; and connecting producer James L. Brooks to Matt Groening, a meeting which eventually resulted in the satiric animated television series, The Simpsons.