David Permut

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David Permut (born March 23, 1954 in New York City ) is an American film producer .

Life

After graduating from college, Permut began a career as a film producer in the mid-1970s. His first project was the 1975 feature film Give 'Em Hell Harry, starring James Whitmore , which grossed over $ 11 million at a cost of just $ 320,000. In addition to feature films, he also produced programs such as Richard Pryor : Live in Concert (1979), which generated over 32 million in sales on a budget of less than one million US dollars. After these successes, he founded his own production company in 1979 and signed a cooperation agreement with Columbia Pictures . However, the new company did not publish its first feature film until three years later, Deadly Reckoning .

Permut had his first real box-office hit in 1987 with the crime comedy Schlappe Bullen nicht bissen , in which Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks played the leading roles. The blonde temptation , on the other hand, failed criticism in 1991 and accordingly flopped at the box office. In 1992, Permut produced the comedy Captain Ron and Alan J. Pakula's thriller Daring Game . In the same year he signed a lucrative contract with New Line Cinema .

In 1997 he produced John Woo's action blockbuster In the Body of the Enemy . Later projects could no longer build on this success.

Filmography (selection)

producer
executive producer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e David Permut. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
  2. ^ For Movie Producers, a Golden Age Fades at wsj.com, accessed January 23, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Permut, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City