Marilyn Haft
- Legal
- Producer
- Production Manager
Marilyn Haft is an entertainment and digital media attorney. She specializes in the business and legal affairs of the multimedia and communication industries, including the film, television, digital and publishing sectors. Ms. Haft is also an award-winning independent film producer and worked at NBC News and ABC News as a producer on Peter Jennings' specials. She also represented Mr. Jennings as an attorney. She was the executive producer of an Emmy award-winning documentary on Preston Sturges for "American Masters" on National Public Television, and co-produced "Grace is Gone," the John Cusack movie that won the Audience Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
She also co-produced two 2008 Sundance films, "Diminished Capacity," starring Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda, and "Birds of America," starring and co-produced by Hillary Swank. She was a producer of the 2010-released film, "Handsome Harry," starring Jamey Sheridan, Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn.
She is an author of several non-fiction books and a former newspaper columnist.
Ms. Haft served the Carter Administration as Associate Director of the Office of Public Liaison in the White House, where she was the liaison to organized interest groups in the areas of human rights, business and the arts.
She also co-produced two 2008 Sundance films, "Diminished Capacity," starring Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda, and "Birds of America," starring and co-produced by Hillary Swank. She was a producer of the 2010-released film, "Handsome Harry," starring Jamey Sheridan, Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn.
She is an author of several non-fiction books and a former newspaper columnist.
Ms. Haft served the Carter Administration as Associate Director of the Office of Public Liaison in the White House, where she was the liaison to organized interest groups in the areas of human rights, business and the arts.
