13 Facts About Peter Bart

Peter Benton Bart was born on July 24,1932 and is an American journalist and film producer, writing a column for Deadline Hollywood since 2015.

Peter Bart is best known for his lengthy tenure as the editor in chief of Variety, an entertainment-trade magazine.

Bart was born in New York City, the son of Clara and Max S Bart and raised on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Peter Bart served as a reporter and columnist for The New York Times and as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Sun-Times prior to entering the film business.

Peter Bart played a key role in such films as Rosemary's Baby, True Grit, Harold and Maude, The Godfather and Paper Moon.

Peter Bart wrote the screenplay for the 1971 film Making It.

In 2007, Peter Bart appointed Tim Gray to become his successor as editor with the understanding that he would stay on as columnist, blogger and consultant.

In 2001, Los Angeles Magazine reported that Peter Bart had sold the rights to an 86-page novella called Power Play, about "a power struggle between established casino owners and Indian tribes," to Paramount Pictures, where his friend and business associate Robert Evans was a producer.

Peter Bart explained he had "probably spent a weekend" adapting the novella from a 108-page script called Crossroaders.

Variety policy prohibits staffers from selling scripts, as doing so could generate a conflict of interest given that publication's focus and influence on the Hollywood movie industry, though Peter Bart said he has no problem with staff selling the movie rights to books they have written.

Peter Bart serves on the board of advisors for Penske Media Company.

In 2008, Peter Bart married for a third time, to the former Phyllis Fredette.

Peter Bart was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.