# Marc Butan
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{{short description|American film producer}}{{Infobox person
| name = Mark Butan
| citizenship = [American](/source/United_States)
| alma_mater = [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University)
| occupation = Producer
Chief Executive Officer
}}
'''Marc Butan''' is an American film producer and CEO at MadRiver Pictures, a [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California)-based motion picture production company.
During his career, he has served as co-president at Sierra/Affinity,[{{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}}] president at Panorama Media,[{{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}}] president at [2929 Productions](/source/2929_Entertainment), and executive vice president of production at [Lionsgate](/source/Lionsgate_Films),[{{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}}] where he was responsible for overseeing film production at the studio. Butan was previously an investment banker at [Kidder, Peabody & Co.](/source/Kidder%2C_Peabody_%26_Co.) and [Prudential Financial](/source/Prudential_Financial).
In 2015, he founded MadRiver Pictures to produce star-driven commercial feature films.[{{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}}] Since inception, the company has produced [James Gray](/source/James_Gray_(film_director))'s ''[The Lost City of Z](/source/The_Lost_City_of_Z_(film))'' starring [Charlie Hunnam](/source/Charlie_Hunnam); Burr Steers' ''[Pride and Prejudice and Zombies](/source/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_(film))''; ''[Triple 9](/source/Triple_9)'' starring [Casey Affleck](/source/Casey_Affleck), [Chiwetel Ejiofor](/source/Chiwetel_Ejiofor), [Kate Winslet](/source/Kate_Winslet), and [Woody Harrelson](/source/Woody_Harrelson); ''[Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House](/source/Mark_Felt%3A_The_Man_Who_Brought_Down_the_White_House)'' starring [Liam Neeson](/source/Liam_Neeson); and James Gray's ''[Ad Astra](/source/Ad_Astra_(film))'' starring [Brad Pitt](/source/Brad_Pitt).
In 2016, MadRiver Pictures and Vincent Maraval's [Insiders](/source/Wild_Bunch_(company)) joined forces to form an international film sales joint venture, IMR international.[{{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}}] In 2021, IMR rebranded to The Veterans.[{{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}}]
Butan is a native of [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio) and an alumnus of [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University), where he became a member of [Phi Kappa Tau](/source/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](/source/Girl_(1998_film))'' || Co-executive producer
|-
| ''[Desert Blue](/source/Desert_Blue)'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 1999 || ''[The Suburbans](/source/The_Suburbans)'' || Executive producer
|-
| ''[But I'm a Cheerleader](/source/But_I'm_a_Cheerleader)'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2001 || ''[Get Over It](/source/Get_Over_It_(film))'' || Producer
|-
| 2002 || ''[The Rules of Attraction](/source/The_Rules_of_Attraction_(film))'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2003 || ''[Confidence](/source/Confidence_(2003_film))'' || Producer
|-
| ''[Wonderland](/source/Wonderland_(2003_film))'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2004 || ''[The Final Cut](/source/The_Final_Cut_(2004_film))'' || Executive producer
|-
| ''[Godsend](/source/Godsend_(2004_film))'' || Producer
|-
| 2005 || ''[Good Night, and Good Luck](/source/Good_Night%2C_and_Good_Luck)'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=4| 2006 || ''[Akeelah and the Bee](/source/Akeelah_and_the_Bee)'' || Executive producer
|-
| ''[Turistas](/source/Turistas)'' || Producer
|-
| ''[The Ex](/source/The_Ex_(2006_film))'' || Executive producer
|-
| ''[Black Christmas](/source/Black_Christmas_(2006_film))'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2007 || ''[We Own the Night](/source/We_Own_the_Night_(film))'' || Producer
|-
| ''[The Life Before Her Eyes](/source/The_Life_Before_Her_Eyes)'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2008 || ''[Two Lovers](/source/Two_Lovers_(2008_film))'' || Executive producer
|-
| ''[The Burning Plain](/source/The_Burning_Plain)'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2009 || ''[The Road](/source/The_Road_(2009_film))'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2012 || ''[Killing Them Softly](/source/Killing_Them_Softly)'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2013 || ''[The Host](/source/The_Host_(2013_film))'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=3| 2016 || ''[Pride and Prejudice and Zombies](/source/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_(film))'' || Producer
|-
| ''[Triple 9](/source/Triple_9)'' || Producer
|-
| ''[The Lost City of Z](/source/The_Lost_City_of_Z_(film))'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2017 || ''[The Zookeeper's Wife](/source/The_Zookeeper's_Wife_(film))'' || Executive producer
|-
| ''[Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House](/source/Mark_Felt%3A_The_Man_Who_Brought_Down_the_White_House)'' || Producer
|-
| 2019 || ''[Ad Astra](/source/Ad_Astra_(film))'' || Executive producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 2020 || ''[Worth](/source/Worth_(film))'' || Producer
|-
| ''[The Trial of the Chicago 7](/source/The_Trial_of_the_Chicago_7)'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2021 || ''[My Son](/source/My_Son_(2021_Christian_Carion_film))'' || Producer
|-
| 2022 || ''[Armageddon Time](/source/Armageddon_Time)'' || Producer
|-
| 2023 || ''[Plane](/source/Plane_(film))'' || Producer
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2026 || ''[Mutiny](/source/Mutiny_(2026_film))'' || Producer
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA}} || ''[The Regional Office Is Under Attack](/source/The_Regional_Office_is_Under_Attack!)'' || Producer
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0124652|name=Marc Butan}}
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