David Permut

Early life and education

Permut was born in New York City, New York to a Jewish family, the son of entrepreneur Lee Permut. His father moved the family from Manhattan to Los Angeles while he was a teen. While a youth, he sold maps to the Hollywood homes of the stars and later mixed with them at the Palm Springs Racquet Club and the Tennis Club, after his father purchased a second home in Palm Springs in the 1970s. He was introduced to producer Bill Sargent through his father who employed Permut, tasking him with soliciting agents to secure casting for a stage play he wanted to film; the project never came to fruition. Permut then went to work as a gofer for Roger Corman while he was taking classes at UCLA and later accepted a job at an independent talent agency in Beverly Hills.

Career

Feature films

Early in his career, Permut produced the 1975 film Give 'em Hell, Harry! He went on to produce the 1987 films Dragnet and Blind Date. In 1986, he then signed a production agreement with United Artists, where he is planning on to produce films like an adaptation of the 1950s TV show Highway Patrol, but it never came to fruition. He later produced the John Woo film Face/Off. 29th Street (1991) released by Twentieth Century Fox, Permut worked with Bob Saget on the March of the Penguins parody film Farce of the Penguins in 2007. He produced the 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge, which was premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It was met with quality reception.

In addition to studio films, Permut has produced a number of independent films including Charlie Bartlett, Youth in Revolt, Struck by Lightning, and Match.

David was the co-producer alongside Ben Stiller of the 2009 documentary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, and later The Fabulous Allan Carr. He is slated to produce the film Chippendales, based on the all-women's nightclub of the same name. He is already producing a documentary about Chippendales.

Television

His television credits include 1984's Love Leads the Way, 1991's A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story, 1992's Breaking the Silence, 2009's series Prayers for Bobby, 2014's The Color of Rain, and 2023's Lawman: Bass Reeves.

Theatre

He has done theatre production, including the stage production of The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts. He is slated to produce the Broadway theatre stage production Behind the Candelabra.

Personal life

, Permut has lived in Westwood, California. He has a second home in Palm Springs with his partner, John Seiber.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

;Camera and electrical department

;Miscellaneous crew

Television

References

References

1. [http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/David-A-Permut.html David A. Permut Biography (1954–)], Filmreference.com, Retrieved January 23, 2014
2. Dove, Steve. (2017-01-24). "Hacksaw Ridge Gets 6 Oscar Nominations Including Best Picture". The Walt Disney Company.
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5. Faughnder, Ryan. (November 18, 2016). ["How I Made It: 'Hacksaw Ridge' producer David Permut"](https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-permut-himi-20161116-story.html ). Los Angeles Times.
6. (18 November 2016). "How I Made It: 'Hacksaw Ridge' producer David Permut".
7. (1986-11-19). "Permut Inks Pact With United Artists; 3 Films Brewing". [[Variety (magazine).
8. (5 April 1991). "The Worrying Man of 'Marrying Man' : Movies: Producer David Permut's feelings about his troubled comedy can be summed up in T-shirts he had made: 'I survived the reshoot of "The Marrying Man." '".
9. (29 April 1991). "Producer Permut Moves Indie Setup To New Line".
10. (7 February 2007). "Farce Of The Penguins".
11. "The long, frustrating journey to bring 'Hacksaw Ridge' to the big screen".
12. (29 November 2016). "NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARD WINNERS".
13. "OSCAR WINNERS 2017: SEE THE COMPLETE LIST!".
14. (11 December 2016). "Best Action Movie - Critics' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List".
15. (6 January 2017). ""Hacksaw Ridge" a contender for Best Picture, Director, Actor at Golden Globes".
16. (20 February 2008). "'Charlie' script was writing sample sent to Permut".
17. (15 August 2007). "Cera takes up 'Revolt' for Dimension".
18. (16 January 2013). "Why Most People Will See Chris Colfer's Movie 'Struck by Lightning' on Video".
19. (3 July 2017). "Film Review: 'The Fabulous Allan Carr'".
20. (11 February 2019). "'Chippendales' Docu Up Next For 'Knock Down The House' Producer And David Permut".
21. (17 July 2017). "Dev Patel in Talks to Join Ben Stiller in Chippendales Murder Movie". Variety Magazine.
22. (30 October 2013). "EXCLUSIVE: Sigourney Weaver Sounds Off On Gay Rights".
23. (29 June 2019). "'The Investigation' Read-Thru On Mueller Report Tops More Than A Million Livestreams".
24. (9 March 2017). "Liberace's sordid life story is hitting the stage".