Education
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979.
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Marc Platt
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Platt was raised in Pikesville, Maryland. After graduation he went on to New York University law school and began his career as an entertainment attorney. He started producing in theatre, before moving into film.
He has served as president of production for three movie studios: Orion Pictures, TriStar Pictures, and Universal Studios.
Platt has since formed his own production company, Marc Platt Productions, within the Universal realm and continues to pursue creative projects. His company is responsible for the Legally Blonde films and the Home Box Office miniseries Empire Falls.
He was executive producer of the two-part docudrama The Path to 9/11, shown on American Broadcasting Company on the five-year anniversary of 9/11 on September 10 and 11, 2006. The film was controversial and accused of having a political agenda and fictionalizing the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks, especially those involving the Clinton administration.
Platt is also producer of the Broadway hit musical Wicked and the 2008 Broadway revival of the musical Pal Joey with the Roundabout Theatre Company.
He also returns to campus on a regular basis and is a Penn Glee Club supporter. His company has taken at least one Penn student intern a year since its inception. 2003–present: Wicked (musical)
2006: Three Days of Rain (play)
2014: If/Then (musical).
Membership
He was an avid member of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club during his time at the university.
