Entertainment - Santa Monica, California, United States
Marty Katz has been involved in the motion picture and television industries for over three decades and has served in a variety of producing and executive positions in charge of production. In October 1992, following an eight year association with The Walt Disney Studios that included the position as Executive Vice President, Motion Pictures and Television Production, he formed his own independent production banner, Marty Katz Productions, which was based at Disney and had an exclusive overall arrangement with the studio. Concurrently with this exclusive production agreement with Disney, he continued to serve the studio as a Production Consultant in connection with various film and television projects and new technology issues.In 1996, after leaving Disney, Marty Katz Productions began operating independently with offices in Santa Monica. In 1997 Marty Katz was Twentieth Century Fox's Supervising Producer on James Cameron's "Titanic". He produced "Reindeer Games" directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, and Gary Sinise, in 2000 . He then produced "Impostor," directed by Gary Fleder, and starring Gary Sinise and Madeline Stowe in 2001.In 2001, he produced "The Four Feathers," directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson, and Wes Bentley. In 2004, he produced "The Great Raid," an epic World War II, true-life action drama about the liberation of American Survivors of the Bataan Death March from the Japanese Cabanatuan POW Camp in the Philippines in 1945. The film was directed by John Dahl ("The Last Seduction," "Rounders"), and stars Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, and Joe Fiennes for Miramax films.His production, "Love Ranch," directed by Taylor Hackford, and starring Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, and Gina Gershon, was released in June 2010. He is currently working on other projects in development through his Marty Katz Productions.
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