David Permut

David A. Permut (born March 23, 1954) is an American film producer. He has worked on dozens of films over 40 years, and has received both Academy and Emmy Awards.[3]

David Permut
Born	(1954-03-23) March 23, 1954[1] New York City, New York[1]
Occupation	Film producer
Partner(s)	John Seiber[2]

Early life and education

Permut was born in New York City, New York to a Jewish family,[4] the son of entrepreneur Lee Permut.[2] His father moved the family from Manhattan to Los Angeles while he was a teen.[5] While a youth, he sold maps to the Hollywood homes of the stars and later mixed with them at the Palm Springs Racquet Club and the Tennis Club, after his father purchased a second home in Palm Springs in the 1970s.[2] He was introduced to producer Bill Sargent through his father who employed Permut, tasking him with soliciting agents to secure casting for a stage play he wanted to film; the project never came to fruition.[2][5] Permut then went to work as a gofer for Roger Corman while he was taking classes at UCLA and later accepted a job at an independent talent agency in Beverly Hills.[2]

Career

Feature films

Early in his career, Permut produced the 1975 film Give 'em Hell, Harry![6] He went on to produce the 1987 films Dragnet and Blind Date. He later produced the John Woo film Face/Off.[6] He has produced a number of other films, including 1991's The Marrying Man and 29th Street, 1992's Captain Ron and Consenting Adults, 1993's The Temp, 1994's Surviving the Game, and others.[7] 29th Street (1991) released by Twentieth Century Fox,[8] Permut worked with Bob Saget on the March of the Penguins parody film Farce of the Penguins in 2007.[9] He produced the 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge, which was premiered at the Venice Film Festival.[10] It was met with quality reception.[11][12][13][14]

In addition to studio films, Permut has produced a number of independent films including Charlie Bartlett,[15] Youth in Revolt,[16] Struck by Lightning,[17] and Match.

David was the co-producer alongside Ben Stiller of the 2009 documentary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, and later The Fabulous Allan Carr.[18] He is slated to produce the film Chippendales, based on the all-women's nightclub of the same name.[19] He is already producing a documentary about Chippendales.[20]

Television

His television credits include 1984's Love Leads the Way, 1991's A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story, 1992's Breaking the Silence, 2009's series Prayers for Bobby, and 2014's The Color of Rain.[21]

Theatre

He has done theatre production, including the stage production of The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts.[22] He is slated to produce the Broadway theatre stage production Behind the Candelabra.[23]

Personal life

As of 2016, Permut has lived in Westwood, California. He has a second home in Palm Springs with his partner, John Seiber.[2]

Filmography

All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1975	Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1982	Fighting Back
1987	Blind Date	Co-executive producer
	Dragnet	Producer
1991	The Marrying Man	Producer
	29th Street	Producer
1992	Captain Ron	Producer
	Consenting Adults	Producer
1993	The Temp	Producer
	Three of Hearts	Executive producer
	Money for Nothing	Executive producer
1994	Surviving the Game	Producer
	Trapped in Paradise	Executive producer
1996	Eddie	Producer
1997	Face/Off	Producer
2001	Double Take	Producer
2002	Route 52	Producer
2004	The Last Shot		Uncredited
2006	Local Color	Producer
	Farce of the Penguins	Producer
2007	Charlie Bartlett	Producer
2008	My Mom's New Boyfriend	Executive producer
2009	Youth in Revolt	Producer
2012	Struck by Lightning	Producer
2014	Match	Producer
2016	Punching Henry	Producer
	Hacksaw Ridge	Producer
2017	The Polka King	Producer
2019	The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts	Producer
TBD	Untitled Face/Off Sequel	Executive producer

Camera and electrical department

Year	Film	Notes
1973	The Student Teachers	Film loader

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Notes
1973	Your Three Minutes Are Up	Production assistant

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1984	Love Leads the Way: A True Story	Executive producer	Television film
	His Mistress		Television film
1987	Mistress	Supervising producer	Television film
1991	A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story		Television film
1992	Breaking the Silence	Executive producer	Television film
2009	Prayers for Bobby	Executive producer	Television film
2014	The Color of Rain	Executive producer	Television film
2020	Visible: Out on Television	Principal producer	Television documentary series

References

1. David A. Permut Biography (1954–), Filmreference.com, Retrieved January 23, 2014
2. Fessier, Bruce (December 30, 2016). "Desert resident David Permut a hot Hollywood producer". Desert Sun.
3. Dove, Steve (2017-01-24). "Hacksaw Ridge Gets 6 Oscar Nominations Including Best Picture". oscar.go.com. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
4. Bloom, Nate (February 13, 2017). "The tribe goes to the Oscars". J. The Jewish News of Northern California.
5. Faughnder, Ryan (November 18, 2016). "How I Made It: 'Hacksaw Ridge' producer David Permut". Los Angeles Times.
6. "How I Made It: 'Hacksaw Ridge' producer David Permut". Los Angeles Times. 18 November 2016.
7. "The Worrying Man of 'Marrying Man' : Movies: Producer David Permut's feelings about his troubled comedy can be summed up in T-shirts he had made: 'I survived the reshoot of "The Marrying Man." '". Los Angeles Times. 5 April 1991.
8. "Producer Permut Moves Indie Setup To New Line". Variety. 29 April 1991.
9. Leydon, Joe (7 February 2007). "Farce Of The Penguins". Variety.
10. Kay, Jeremy. "The long, frustrating journey to bring 'Hacksaw Ridge' to the big screen". Screen.
11. "NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARD WINNERS". National Board of Review. 29 November 2016.
12. "OSCAR WINNERS 2017: SEE THE COMPLETE LIST!". Oscar.go.com.
13. "Best Action Movie - Critics' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.
14. ""Hacksaw Ridge" a contender for Best Picture, Director, Actor at Golden Globes". InqPOP!. 6 January 2017.
15. "'Charlie' script was writing sample sent to Permut". The Hollywood Reporter.
16. "Cera takes up 'Revolt' for Dimension". The Hollywood Reporter.
17. "Why Most People Will See Chris Colfer's Movie 'Struck by Lightning' on Video". The Hollywood Reporter.
18. Harvey, Dennis (3 July 2017). "Film Review: 'The Fabulous Allan Carr'". Variety.
19. D'Alessandro, Anthony (11 February 2019). "'Chippendales' Docu Up Next For 'Knock Down The House' Producer And David Permut". Deadline.
20. "Dev Patel in Talks to Join Ben Stiller in Chippendales Murder Movie". Variety Magazine.
21. "EXCLUSIVE: Sigourney Weaver Sounds Off On Gay Rights". HuffPost. 30 October 2013.
22. Haring, Bruce (29 June 2019). "'The Investigation' Read-Thru On Mueller Report Tops More Than A Million Livestreams". Deadline.
23. Riedel, Michael (9 March 2017). "Liberace's sordid life story is hitting the stage". New York Post.

External links

• David Permut on IMDb