Motion Picture Producer, Screenwriter. The daughter of an Army colonel and an advertising executive, she moved with her family to Germany at age 6 in order for her father to serve as a judge during the Dachau trials of Nazi war criminals. She attended Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh, where she studied set and costume design for theater and while working in summer stock in New York, she met Peter Bogdanovich whom she married. During the course of her career, Platt established herself as a well-versed force in Hollywood. Her initial experience with motion pictures was as a stunt double for Nancy Sinatra in "The Wild Angels" (1966), followed by her co-writing of the screenplay with Bogdanovich for the Boris Karloff picture "Targets" (1968). She continued her collaborations with Bogdanovich, as she contributed her designing skills to the films "The Last Picture Show" (1971), "What's Up Doc?" (1972) and "Paper Moon" (1973). Platt shared an Academy Award nomination for the James L. Brooks picture "Terms of Endearment" (1983). During the 1980s, she turned to producing and had credits with "Broadcast News" (1987), "Say Anything" (1989), "The Evening Star" (1996). At the time of her death, she was producing a documentary about legendary low-budget horror filmmaker Roger Corman. She died of complications from ALS Lou Gehrig's disease.
Motion Picture Producer, Screenwriter. The daughter of an Army colonel and an advertising executive, she moved with her family to Germany at age 6 in order for her father to serve as a judge during the Dachau trials of Nazi war criminals. She attended Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh, where she studied set and costume design for theater and while working in summer stock in New York, she met Peter Bogdanovich whom she married. During the course of her career, Platt established herself as a well-versed force in Hollywood. Her initial experience with motion pictures was as a stunt double for Nancy Sinatra in "The Wild Angels" (1966), followed by her co-writing of the screenplay with Bogdanovich for the Boris Karloff picture "Targets" (1968). She continued her collaborations with Bogdanovich, as she contributed her designing skills to the films "The Last Picture Show" (1971), "What's Up Doc?" (1972) and "Paper Moon" (1973). Platt shared an Academy Award nomination for the James L. Brooks picture "Terms of Endearment" (1983). During the 1980s, she turned to producing and had credits with "Broadcast News" (1987), "Say Anything" (1989), "The Evening Star" (1996). At the time of her death, she was producing a documentary about legendary low-budget horror filmmaker Roger Corman. She died of complications from ALS Lou Gehrig's disease.
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