Peter Bart

Peter Bart has been a newspaper editor, Hollywood studio chief and TV host in addition
to writing ten books of fiction and nonfiction. A Manhattan native, Bart started his career
as a newsman at the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times covering politics and
economics. His articles also appeared in Esquire, Harpers, and GQ. Moving into film,
Bart played a key role in such films as The Godfather, Rosemary’s Baby, and Being
There while serving as Vice President for Production at Paramount, President of
Lorimar Films and executive vice president at MGM. As a TV co-host with Peter Guber,
Bart appeared weekly on Shoot Out, where guests like Steven Spielberg, Francis
Coppola, and Tom Cruise exchanged views of media trends. For twenty years, Bart was
editor in chief of Variety, covering entertainment and media news in New York and
Hollywood. His books included nonfiction titles such as Fade Out and Boffo, novels like
Thy Kingdom Come, and the short story collection Dangerous Company.