1. Marc Jay Turtletaub was born on January 30,1946 and is an American film producer and former president and CEO of the Money Store.
27 Facts About Marc Turtletaub
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Marc Turtletaub attended Rutgers Preparatory School, graduating in the class of 1963.
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Marc Turtletaub was a political science major at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1967.
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Marc Turtletaub was a reporter and then managing editor of the campus newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian.
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Marc Turtletaub received a "Men's Senior Honor Award" for "outstanding service to the University community" and was selected to be a member of the prestigious Sphinx Senior Society.
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Marc Turtletaub attended New York University School of Law, graduating in 1970.
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Marc Turtletaub was admitted to the California Bar, becoming inactive in 2013.
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Marc Turtletaub was a journalist for six years after finishing school, but always felt he was a storyteller.
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Marc Turtletaub succeeded his father as CEO and president in 1989, and took the company public in 1991, and then sold it in June 1998 to First Union Bank for $2.1 billion.
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Marc Turtletaub had built the 400,000-square-foot Ziggurat shaped headquarter in West Sacramento, triggering a rebirth in the area.
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Marc Turtletaub was a "generous donator" to federally elected officials; a friend of President Bill Clinton, he got to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom, and had a private "coffee visit" with President Clinton and Senator Chris Dodd, then chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
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Marc Turtletaub describes himself as a child of the counter-culture and only wants to make films he is passionate about and that have redemption, something more than entertainment.
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Marc Turtletaub wants to touch and change people and use his money, through film, to do good.
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Marc Turtletaub looks for screenplays that have something to say, are one of a kind, touch his heart, have a powerful voice, illuminate the human condition and emotional connections, and are either life-affirming in some way, or life-revealing.
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Marc Turtletaub prefers script writers and directors who are doing their first films, as he is looking for a fresh perspective.
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Marc Turtletaub commented that he used the instincts he developed as a reporter to ask questions and learn the craft of filmmaking.
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Marc Turtletaub originally bought Michael Arndt's repeatedly rejected script for $250,000, repurchased it two years later for $400,000 and then paid the $8 million costs of production.
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Marc Turtletaub produced the 2019 Sundance breakout The Farewell starring Awkwafina.
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Marc Turtletaub was executive producer of the filmed version of the Obie and New York Drama Critics' Circle award-winning Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, starring Heidi Schreck.
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Marc Turtletaub's theatrical producing debut was in 2009, the Off-Broadway Sleepwalk with Me.
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Marc Turtletaub directed the 2018 film Puzzle, an English-language remake of the 2010 Argentinian film.
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Marc Turtletaub was motivated to direct Puzzle for a personal reason.
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Marc Turtletaub directed Jules, a movie starring Ben Kingsley and Jane Curtin.
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Marc Turtletaub has two sons and is married to Maureen Curran-Marc Turtletaub, a movement educator for over 30 years and founder and director of Movement as a Path for Transformation.
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Marc Turtletaub has remained politically active since leaving The Money Store.
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Marc Turtletaub has supported Democratic candidates at many levels of office, from city to federal.
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Marc Turtletaub was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.