Polly Platt (January 29, 1939 – July 27, 2011) was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter.
Platt was married to Peter Bogdanovich from the early 1960s until the early 1970s. She helped him write his first movie Targets (1968), and did set design on that film, along with The Last Picture Show (1971) and Paper Moon (1973). They divorced after Bogdanovich left her during the filming of The Last Picture Show for star Cybill Shepherd. Platt and Bogdanovich had two children: Antonia and Sashy.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Terms of Endearment (1983). She also worked as an executive producer; Broadcast News (1987) and The War of the Roses (1989) were among the films she worked on. Her screenwriting credits included Pretty Baby, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, and A Map of the World.
The 1984 film Irreconcilable Differences, starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long and Drew Barrymore, was reportedly loosely based on her marriage to Bogdanovich, and their divorce.
Platt had an extended collaboration with writer-director-producer James L. Brooks, serving as executive vice president of his production company, Gracie Films, and producing Say Anything and director Wes Anderson's first feature film, Bottle Rocket. She was also instrumental in bringing Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons," to Gracie Films when she saw his comic strip "Life in Hell."
In 1994, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.
Platt is survived by her brother Jack Platt and her two daughters, Antonia Bogdanovich and Sashy Bogdanovich, and three grandsons. She also leaves behind two stepchildren, Kelly Wade and John Wade, from her marriage to prop master Tony Wade. He preceded her in death.
(Sources: Deadline, Wiki, Matt Orsman, LA Times)
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