{{short description|American film producer}}{{Infobox person | name = Mark Butan | citizenship = American | alma_mater = Ohio State University | occupation = Producer<br>Chief Executive Officer }} '''Marc Butan''' is an American film producer and CEO at MadRiver Pictures, a Santa Monica, California-based motion picture production company.
During his career, he has served as co-president at Sierra/Affinity,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marc-butan-exits-megan-ellisons-673333|title=Marc Butan Exits Megan Ellison's Panorama for Sierra/Affinity|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}}</ref> president at Panorama Media,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2012-megan-ellison-annapurna-pictures-panoroma-media-317015|title=Cannes 2012: Megan Ellison Launches New International Sales Venture Panorama|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}}</ref> president at 2929 Productions, and executive vice president of production at Lionsgate,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.screendaily.com/marc-butan-joins-lions-gate-as-production-evp/406338.article#|title=Marc Butan joins Lions Gate as production evp|work=ScreenDaily|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}}</ref> where he was responsible for overseeing film production at the studio. Butan was previously an investment banker at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Prudential Financial.
In 2015, he founded MadRiver Pictures to produce star-driven commercial feature films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/marc-butan-launches-madriver-pictures/5088183.article|title=Marc Butan launches MadRiver Pictures|work=ScreenDaily|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}}</ref> Since inception, the company has produced James Gray's ''The Lost City of Z'' starring Charlie Hunnam; Burr Steers' ''Pride and Prejudice and Zombies''; ''Triple 9'' starring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, and Woody Harrelson; ''Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'' starring Liam Neeson; and James Gray's ''Ad Astra'' starring Brad Pitt.
In 2016, MadRiver Pictures and Vincent Maraval's Insiders joined forces to form an international film sales joint venture, IMR international.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/madriver-pictures-and-insiders-form-international-sales-joint-venture-imr-international-cannes-1201757920/|title=MadRiver Pictures And Insiders Form International Sales Joint Venture IMR International – Cannes|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, IMR rebranded to The Veterans.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2022-01-28 |title=Vincent Maraval & Kim Fox's Sales Banner Rebrands To The Veterans Ahead Of EFM |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/vincent-maraval-kim-fox-imr-rebrands-veterans-efm-1234921697/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
Butan is a native of Dayton, Ohio and an alumnus of Ohio State University, where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit |- |rowspan=2| 1998 || ''Girl'' || Co-executive producer |- | ''Desert Blue'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 1999 || ''The Suburbans'' || Executive producer |- | ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' || Executive producer |- | 2001 || ''Get Over It'' || Producer |- | 2002 || ''The Rules of Attraction'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 2003 || ''Confidence'' || Producer |- | ''Wonderland'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 2004 || ''The Final Cut'' || Executive producer |- | ''Godsend'' || Producer |- | 2005 || ''Good Night, and Good Luck'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=4| 2006 || ''Akeelah and the Bee'' || Executive producer |- | ''Turistas'' || Producer |- | ''The Ex'' || Executive producer |- | ''Black Christmas'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 2007 || ''We Own the Night'' || Producer |- | ''The Life Before Her Eyes'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 2008 || ''Two Lovers'' || Executive producer |- | ''The Burning Plain'' || Executive producer |- | 2009 || ''The Road'' || Executive producer |- | 2012 || ''Killing Them Softly'' || Executive producer |- | 2013 || ''The Host'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=3| 2016 || ''Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' || Producer |- | ''Triple 9'' || Producer |- | ''The Lost City of Z'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 2017 || ''The Zookeeper's Wife'' || Executive producer |- | ''Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'' || Producer |- | 2019 || ''Ad Astra'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 2020 || ''Worth'' || Producer |- | ''The Trial of the Chicago 7'' || Executive producer |- | 2021 || ''My Son'' || Producer |- | 2022 || ''Armageddon Time'' || Producer |- | 2023 || ''Plane'' || Producer |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2026 || ''Mutiny'' || Producer |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA}} || ''The Regional Office Is Under Attack'' || Producer |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0124652|name=Marc Butan}}
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