Marc Butan
American film producer
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Marc Butan is an American film producer and CEO at MadRiver Pictures, a Santa Monica, California-based motion picture production company.
Mark Butan | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Occupations | Producer Chief Executive Officer |
During his career, he has served as co-president at Sierra/Affinity,[1] president at Panorama Media,[2] president at 2929 Productions, and executive vice president of production at Lionsgate,[3] where he was responsible for overseeing film production at the studio. Butan was previously an investment banker at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Prudential Financial.
In 2015, he founded MadRiver Pictures to produce star-driven commercial feature films.[4] Since inception, the company has produced James Gray's The Lost City of Z starring Charlie Hunnam; Burr Steers' Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; Triple 9 starring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, and Woody Harrelson; Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House starring Liam Neeson; and James Gray's Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt.
In 2016, MadRiver Pictures and Vincent Maraval's Insiders joined forces to form an international film sales joint venture, IMR international.[5] In 2021, IMR rebranded to The Veterans.[6]
Butan is a native of Dayton, Ohio and an alumnus of Ohio State University, where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Girl | Co-executive producer |
| Desert Blue | Executive producer | |
| 1999 | The Suburbans | Executive producer |
| But I'm a Cheerleader | Executive producer | |
| 2001 | Get Over It | Producer |
| 2002 | The Rules of Attraction | Executive producer |
| 2003 | Confidence | Producer |
| Wonderland | Executive producer | |
| 2004 | The Final Cut | Executive producer |
| Godsend | Producer | |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Executive producer |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee | Executive producer |
| Turistas | Producer | |
| The Ex | Executive producer | |
| Black Christmas | Executive producer | |
| 2007 | We Own the Night | Producer |
| The Life Before Her Eyes | Executive producer | |
| 2008 | Two Lovers | Executive producer |
| The Burning Plain | Executive producer | |
| 2009 | The Road | Executive producer |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Executive producer |
| 2013 | The Host | Executive producer |
| 2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Producer |
| Triple 9 | Producer | |
| The Lost City of Z | Executive producer | |
| 2017 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Executive producer |
| Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Producer | |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | Executive producer |
| 2020 | Worth | Producer |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Executive producer | |
| 2021 | My Son | Producer |
| 2022 | Armageddon Time | Producer |
| 2023 | Plane | Producer |
| 2026 | Mutiny | Producer |
| TBA | The Regional Office Is Under Attack | Producer |