
Polly Platt
Highest Rated: 100% The Last Picture Show (1971)
Lowest Rated: 25% The Evening Star (1996)
Birthday: Jan 29, 1939
Birthplace: Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
A versatile behind-the-camera talent, Polly Platt began her Hollywood career alongside then-husband Peter Bogdanovich on several Roger Corman cheapies before serving as his production designer on "The Last Picture Show" (1971), "What's Up, Doc?" (1972) and "Paper Moon" (1973). Platt also reached immense professional heights on her own in a variety of fields, serving the production designer on "The Bad News Bears" (1976), "A Star Is Born" (1976), "The Man with Two Brains" (1983), "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987) and James L. Brooks's "Terms of Endearment" (1983). She wrote the screenplay and produced the film "Pretty Baby" (1978), before partnering with Brooks to segue into an impressive producing career, notching producer credits for "Broadcast News" (1987), "Say Anything " (1989), "The War of the Roses" (1989), "I'll Do Anything" (1994), "The Evening Star" (1996) and "Bottle Rocket" (1996). Behind the camera, Platt left an indelible mark as a pioneer for women in the entertainment industry, thanks to her immensely versatile creative talents.

Photos
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
92% | 84% | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Executive Producer | $7.0K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Dreams, Will Travel | Executive Producer | - | 2007 |
67% | 50% | Sugar Town | Maggie (Character) | $177.8K | 1999 |
85% | 79% | Bottle Rocket | Producer | $488.6K | 1996 |
25% | 62% | The Evening Star | Producer | $12.7M | 1996 |
61% | 42% | I'll Do Anything | Producer | $10.2M | 1994 |
85% | 71% | The War of the Roses | Executive Producer | $84.1M | 1989 |
98% | 85% | Say Anything... | Producer | $20.0M | 1989 |
66% | 62% | The Witches of Eastwick | Production Design | $58.7M | 1987 |
98% | 79% | Broadcast News | Executive Producer | $49.2M | 1987 |
78% | 83% | Terms of Endearment | Production Design | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sin | Writer | - | 1979 |
71% | 59% | Pretty Baby | Screenwriter | - | 1978 |
35% | 63% | A Star Is Born | Production Design | - | 1976 |
82% | 72% | Thieves Like Us | Costume Design | - | 1974 |
93% | 94% | Paper Moon |
Production Design, Costume Design |
- | 1973 |
100% | 90% | The Last Picture Show | Production Design | - | 1971 |
89% | 81% | Targets | Writer | - | 1968 |