David Permut

Permut was born in New York City, New York to a Jewish family,^[4] the son of entrepreneur Lee Permut.^[2] His father moved the family from Manhattan to Los Angeles while he was a teen.^[5] 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.^[2] 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.^[2][5] 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.^[2]

Early in his career, Permut produced the 1975 film Give 'em Hell, Harry!^[6] 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.^[7] He later produced the John Woo film Face/Off.^[6] He has produced a number of other films, including 1991's The Marrying Man and 29th Street, 1992's Captain Ron and Consenting Adults, 1993's The Temp, 1994's Surviving the Game, and others.^[8] 29th Street (1991) released by Twentieth Century Fox,^[9] Permut worked with Bob Saget on the March of the Penguins parody film Farce of the Penguins in 2007.^[10] He produced the 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge, which was premiered at the Venice Film Festival.^[11] It was met with quality reception.^{[12][13][14][15]}

In addition to studio films, Permut has produced a number of independent films including Charlie Bartlett,^[16] Youth in Revolt,^[17] Struck by Lightning,^[18] 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.^[19] He is slated to produce the film Chippendales, based on the all-women's nightclub of the same name.^[20] He is already producing a documentary about Chippendales.^[21]

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.^[22]

He has done theatre production, including the stage production of The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts.^[23] He is slated to produce the Broadway theatre stage production Behind the Candelabra.^[24]

As of 2016^[update], Permut has lived in Westwood, California. He has a second home in Palm Springs with his partner, John Seiber.^[2]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

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