David Permut
| David Permut | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 23, 1954 New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Film producer |
David A. Permut (born March 23, 1954) is an American film and television producer.. In 1979 he was the producer of Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (the first theatrical live comedy concert), and Dragnet (1987), an early example of remaking a television series into a motion picture. He recently produced the World War II Desmond Doss biopic Hacksaw Ridge (2016). He is owner and president of Permut Presentations, Inc. of Los Angeles. Since 1999 he has maintained a second home in Palm Springs, California.
Since his early days working with Bill Sargent as an unabashed producer, who, at 21, tried something unheard of, shooting the live stage play "Give em' Hell,Harry! starring James Whitmore in one single take which went to be nominated for an Academy Award. The landmark achievement of the first theatrical live comedy concert film, 1979's Richard Pryor: Live in Concert, truly put Permut on the map and skyrocketed his career. Through his banner, David Permut has been a prolific supplier of critically and commercially successful projects for the major studios, networks and top independent labels worldwide. David has premiered films at all of the major film festivals including Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca.
He produced two of the highest grossing films in 1987, Dragnet and Blind Date. Blind Date was the first feature film starring Bruce Willis while Dragnet was the film that started the trend of adapting television shows into feature films.
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