Marc Butan

Marc Butan is an American film producer and CEO of MadRiver Pictures, a Santa Monica, California-based motion picture production company.

Early life and education Butan is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and an alumnus of Ohio State University, where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau.

Career During his career, he has served as co-president of Sierra/Affinity, president of Panorama Media, president of 2929 Productions, and executive vice president of production at Lionsgate, where he was responsible for overseeing film production at the studio. Butan previously worked as an investment banker at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Prudential Financial.

In 2015, he founded MadRiver Pictures to produce star-driven commercial feature films. 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. In 2021, IMR rebranded to The Veterans.

Filmography Year Film Credit 1998 Girl Co-executive producer Desert Blue Executive producer 1999 The Suburbans Executive producer But I'm a Cheerleader Executive producer 2001 Get Over It Producer 2002 The Rules of Attraction Executive producer 2003 Confidence Producer Wonderland Executive producer 2004 The Final Cut Executive producer Godsend Producer 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck Executive producer 2006 Akeelah and the Bee Executive producer Turistas Producer The Ex Executive producer Black Christmas Executive producer 2007 We Own the Night Producer The Life Before Her Eyes Executive producer 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 2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Producer Triple 9 Producer The Lost City of Z Executive producer 2017 The Zookeeper's Wife Executive producer Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Producer 2019 Ad Astra Executive producer 2020 Worth Producer The Trial of the Chicago 7 Executive producer 2021 My Son Producer 2022 Armageddon Time Producer 2023 Plane Producer 2026 Mutiny Producer TBA Empire City Producer TBA The Regional Office Is Under Attack Producer