Peter Bart

Peter Bart, an American born July 24, 1932, has been the editor-in-chief of Variety since 1989. Bart also serves as vice president and editor-in-chief of Variety, Inc., and presides over its sister publications Daily Variety and Daily Variety- The Gotham Edition. Bart also appears on a weekly AMC television program, "Sunday Morning Shootout," with Peter Guber.

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American - July 24 - 1932 - Variety - 1989 - Peter Guber

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Bart worked at Paramount Pictures as a producer from 1967 to 1974. He played a key role in developing and supervising films including The Godfather, Paper Moon, Harold and Maude, True Grit and Rosemary's Baby.

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Paramount Pictures - Producer - 1967 - 1974 - The Godfather - Paper Moon - Harold and Maude - True Grit - Rosemary's Baby

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In 1977, Bart became president of Lorimar Films. He later served as senior vice president of MGM/UnitedArtists.

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1977 - MGM - UnitedArtists

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Bart has published seven books: Shoot Out: Surviving Fame and (Mis) Fortune in Hollywood, co-authored with Peter Guber, Dangerous Company: Dark Tales from Tinseltown, Who Killed Hollywood?, a compilation of Bart's Variety columns, The Gross: The Hits, The Flops, The Summer that Ate Hollywood, Fade Out: The Calamitous Final Days of MGM and two novels, Destinies and Thy Kingdom Come.

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Bart was educated at Swarthmore College and the London School of Economics. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Bart. He has two daughters, Dilys Bart, a doctor, and Colby Bart-Centrella, a writer.

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Swarthmore College - London School of Economics - Los Angeles

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Since May 2005 he's been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

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2005 - The Huffington Post

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