Peter Bart
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Life Events
1956
Hired a staff reporter for <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>
1966
Wrote profile of actor turned producer Robert Evans just before Evans was appointed as vice president at Paramount
1967
Hired to be Evans' second-in-command at Paramount
1970
Scripted first film, "Making It"
1974
Left Paramount to form an independent production company
1977
Produced "Islands in the Stream" and "Fun with Dick and Jane"
1977
Appointed president of Lorimar Films
1983
Served as senior vice president of MGM/UA
1984
Executive produced "Revenge of the Nerds"; reportedly concocted the original idea and story treatment with youngest daughter
1987
Produced the sequel "Revenge of the Nerds II"
1989
Joined <i>Variety</i> as vice president and editor-in-chief; presiding over the <i>Daily Variety</i>, <i>Weekly Variety</i> and Variety.com
1990
Published first book, <i>Fade Out: The Calamitous Final Days of MGM</i>
1998
Appeared on screen in "Burn, Hollywood, Burn"
2002
Co-authored <i>Shoot out: Surviving the Fame and (Mis)Fortune of Hollywood</i> with with Peter Guber
2003
Co-hosts the weekly AMC television program, "Shootout (formerly Sunday Morning Shootout)" with film producer Peter Guber
2006
Published the novel, <i>Boffo! : How I Learned to Love the Blockbuster and Fear the Bomb</i>
2006
Executive produced the HBO documentary "Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters"
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