---
name: "Marc Butan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marc-butan"
fi1m_id: "marc-butan"
imdb_id: "nm0124652"
tmdb_id: 20567
wikidata_id: "Q6755435"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-06T04:02:37.158131+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marc Butan

## Identity

Marc Butan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marc-butan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marc-butan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0124652
- **TMDB ID:** 20567
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6755435
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Butan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6755435, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20567

Producer. Born in Dayton, Ohio.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean-François Richet](https://film.one/person/jean-francois-richet.md), [J.P. Davis](https://film.one/person/j-p-davis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 73 (2), 2020s 69 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Action 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $315m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Butan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6755435, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20567

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Plane*](https://film.one/film/plane.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marc Butan is an American film producer and chief executive of MadRiver Pictures, a Santa Monica-based production company he founded in 2015.

He previously served as co-president of Sierra/Affinity, president of Panorama Media and of 2929 Productions, and executive vice president of production at Lionsgate. Earlier in his career he worked as a media and entertainment investment banker at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Prudential Financial. Butan is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and an alumnus of Ohio State University.

His production credits include *Ad Astra* (2019), *The Trial of the Chicago 7* (2020), *Plane* (2023), *The Lost City of Z* (2017), *Triple 9* (2016) and *Mutiny* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Mutiny* (2026), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny.md)
- *Plane* (2023), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/plane.md)
- *Ad Astra* (2019), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ad-astra.md)
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *Good Night, and Good Luck.* (2005), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/good-night-and-good-luck.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mutiny* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny.md)
- *Plane* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/plane.md)
- *Armageddon Time* (2022), Producer
- *My Son* (2021), Producer
- *Worth* (2021), Producer
- *The Trial of the Chicago 7* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Ad Astra* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/ad-astra.md)
- *Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House* (2017), Producer
- *The Zookeeper's Wife* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Lost City of Z* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Triple 9* (2016), Producer
- *Pride and Prejudice and Zombies* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Host* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *Two Lovers* (2008), Executive Producer
- *We Own the Night* (2007), Producer
- *The Life Before Her Eyes* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Black Christmas* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Turistas* (2006), Producer
- *The Ex* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Good Night, and Good Luck.* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/good-night-and-good-luck.md)
- *The Final Cut* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Godsend* (2004), Producer
- *Wonderland* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Confidence* (2003), Producer
- *Get Over It* (2001), Producer
- *But I'm a Cheerleader* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Suburbans* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Desert Blue* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Mayday 109*, Producer
- *Empire City*, Producer
- *Ruin*, Producer

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