Marcia Nasatir, a trailblazing female executive and producer who elbowed her way into a male-dominated Hollywood, shattering conventions and an important glass ceiling in the process, died Tuesday …
, a trailblazing female executive and producer who elbowed her way into a male-dominated Hollywood, shattering conventions and an important glass ceiling in the process, died Tuesday at the age of 95.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker friendly fare.
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate. I had parents who thought their children could accomplish whatever they wanted. I had the courage to say, “I want a career and I’ll work with men.” Nasatir would leave United Artists in the late 1970s, following the company’s chief Arthur Krim to Orion Pictures, the new company he founded in 1978, where she became a production executive. She would then go on to Carson Productions, late night host Johnny Carson’s production company before becoming an independent producer. Her credits as a producer include the war drama “Hamburger Hill” and “Ironweed,” a Depression era drama with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
“I said to myself, ‘If I can’t get this picture made, I shouldn’t be in the movie business,'” Nasatir recalled in a 1998 interview withThe film went on to be a box office success when it opened in 1983 and was nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards.
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