Polly Platt

Polly Platt

1939-01-29 Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA 38 Credits

Biography

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 direct...

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The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

Art Direction

6.7

Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts...

Corman's World

Corman's World

2011

as Self - Bogdanovich's Ex-wife

7.1
Acting

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film in...

Corman's World

Corman's World

2011

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film in...

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

2008

as Self

5.0
Acting

Interviews with individuals involved in the making of Wes Anderson's 1996 film "Bottle Rocket."

Have Dreams, Will Travel

Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally ...

Muertas

2007

Executive Producer

10.0
Producing

A young American journalist attempts to piece together the fractured memories of a love lost amidst the ongoing Juarez, Mexico murders.

The Next Picture Show

The Next Picture Show

2003

as Self

Acting

Peter Bogdanovich recalls how Tatum O'Neal was chosen to play Addie, and discusses Alvin Sargent's script, the shooting of select sequences in Kansas,...

A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

as Self

8.0
Acting

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential direc...

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

as Self

7.1
Acting

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cine...

Sugar Town

Sugar Town

1999

as Maggie

4.6
Acting

A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians. Gwen, a singer-songwriter, is on a quest for the big-time. Working as an assistant to a fil...

A Map of the World

A Map of the World

1999

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property ...

The Evening Star

The Evening Star

1996

Producer

5.9
Producing

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has on...

Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket

1996

Producer

6.7
Producing

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than...

Lieberman in Love

Lieberman in Love

1995

Teleplay

6.9

Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman ...

I'll Do Anything

I'll Do Anything

1994

Producer

5.5
Producing

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter h...

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

1991

as Self

9.0
Acting

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

The War of the Roses

The War of the Roses

1989

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

1989

as Mrs. Flood

7.0
Acting

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about ev...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

1989

Producer

7.0
Producing

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about ev...

Broadcast News

Broadcast News

1987

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she...

The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

Production Design

6.5

Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their...

Between Two Women

Between Two Women

1986

Co-Producer, Production Design

4.7
Producing

When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very h...

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

1983

Production Design

7.1

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find...

The Man with Two Brains

The Man with Two Brains

1983

Production Design

6.2

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

1982

Production Design

5.2

An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order...

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to gri...

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1978

Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer

7.0
Writing Producing

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-...

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1976

Production Design

6.0

Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a...

The Bad News Bears

The Bad News Bears

1976

Production Design

6.9

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us

1974

Costume Design

6.6

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist be...

Paper Moon

Paper Moon

1973

Production Design, Costume Design

7.9

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partn...

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

1973

Costume Design, Production Design

6.9

A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who beco...

What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?

1972

Production Design

7.4

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

1971

Costume Design, Production Design

7.6

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having ...

Target: Harry

Target: Harry

1969

Costume Design

5.6

Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are af...

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

1968

Production Coordinator

3.3

Astronauts crash-land on Venus and find themselves in trouble when they kill a monster that is worshipped by a group of Venusian women.

Targets

Targets

1968

Production Design, Costume Design, Story

7.0
Writing

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.

The Wild Angels

The Wild Angels

1966

Stunt Double, Costume Design

5.5

A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its membe...