Polly Platt
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Platt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- 1939-01-29 · Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
- Died
- 2011-07-27
Known for
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987) — Production Design
- The War of the Roses (1989) — Executive Producer
- Bottle Rocket (1996) — Producer
- Say Anything... (1989) — Mrs. Flood
- Paper Moon (1973) — Production Design
- Terms of Endearment (1983) — Production Design
- The Last Picture Show (1971) — Costume Design
- The Man with Two Brains (1983) — Production Design
- Broadcast News (1987) — Executive Producer
- What's Up, Doc? (1972) — Production Design
- Pretty Baby (1978) — Screenplay
- The Bad News Bears (1976) — Production Design
- Targets (1968) — Production Design
- A Star Is Born (1976) — Production Design
- The Other Side of the Wind (2018) — Art Direction
- Thieves Like Us (1974) — Costume Design