Marc Turtletaub

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Marc Turtletaub
Alan Turtletaub
(father)
Beatrice Ann Turtletaub (mother)

Marc Jay Turtletaub (born January 30, 1946)

CEO of the Money Store
.

Early life and education

Born in Lakewood, New Jersey,

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1967. He was a reporter and then managing editor of the campus newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian.[7][8] He received a "Men's Senior Honor Award" for "outstanding service to the University community"[9] and was selected to be a member of the prestigious Sphinx Senior Society.[10] He attended New York University School of Law, graduating in 1970. He was admitted to the California Bar, becoming inactive in 2013.[11] He was journalist for six years after finishing school, but always felt he was a storyteller.[2]

The Money Store

The Money Store Logo
Ziggurat Building, West Sacramento, former home of The Money Store

Turtletaub worked for 20 years at The Money Store, a company founded by his father, Alan Turtletaub, in 1967.

junk bond status. Within a day of the merger it had a solid rating. "We will now benefit from the rating of the parent company. We are going to be in the driver's seat," Turtletaub said.[22] First Union had trouble integrating acquisitions,[23] and The Money Store did not prosper after the merger. At the time of the severe liquidity crisis of August 1998, the subprime industry imploded. The main source of funds to replenish capital and to refinance new loans, securitization, dried up. Also, the parent company revamped many of the advertising programs that had made the company so previously successful; the Money Store was soon described as barely existing in the form that it was bought in.[24] Turtletaub resigned as president and CEO in May, 1999. By October, 1999, the deal was called a "disaster" for First Union.[25] First Union, preparing for a Wachovia merger, split The Money Store into four divisions, and transferred First Union's bad home equity loans into The Money Store's home equity division.[18][26] The student loan division, Educaid, and the SBA loan division were retained by First Union.[19]

Turtletaub was a "generous donator" to federally elected officials; a friend of President Bill Clinton (FOB), he got to sleep in the

Senate Banking Committee.[28]
The Money Store's use of political donations and lobbyists was described as the "classic example of the interaction of money, politics and regulation." Competitors felt that The Money Store was treated more favorably because of its political clout, with accusations that federal rulings in its favor were "politically fixed."[29]

The Money Store was closed in July, 2000, at a loss of $1.7 billion to First Union Bank Corp.[23]

Producer

With a profit of $700 million from selling The Money Store, Turtletaub, decided to go into the film business.

Academy Award. Turtletaub commented: "We have specific taste. People want to see stories that touch their heart. That's hard to define."[57] Documentary productions include Seed: The Untold Story, earning him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Nature Documentary;[58][59] Sheila Nevins and Davy Rothbart's 17 Blocks, the winner of multiple film festival awards;[60][61] and, an as yet untitled Led Zeppelin feature, told in their own voices for the first time.[62]

In 2014 Turtletaub started a TV division, Big Beach TV,

documentary series Nuclear Family; Big Beach was one of the production companies.

In February, 2022, Big Beach moved its headquarters to Los Angeles and laid off an unknown number of staff. Saraf had "quietly" left in 2021. The cuts have been described as a sign of the difficulty facing indie filmmakers, "even those with awards pedigree and decades of survival."[75] Big Beach announced in 2024 that they had fully relocated to Los Angeles, and that their films Out of My Mind (film) and Winner (2024 film) would premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. [76]

His theatrical producing debut was in 2009, the

Les Liaisons Dangereuses.[80]

Director

Turtletaub is a director of three films. In 2011 he directed

Edinburgh Film Festival.[85] This was Khan's last role in an American movie, as the acclaimed actor died shortly later.[86] Turtletaub was motivated to direct Puzzle for a personal reason. Puzzle was dedicated to his mother, Beatrice Ann Turtletaub.[87]

"It’s a story about a woman who’s a mother and a wife living in suburban Connecticut, doting on her husband and her sons. And I knew that woman – it was my mother. I grew up in suburban New Jersey, and she doted on my dad and me. When I read [the screenplay], I felt like it was a story I could tell."[88]

He directed (and produced) Jules, a movie starring Ben Kingsley and Jane Curtin. Filming started September 10, 2021, in Boonton, New Jersey. It is about an unusual visitor to a small western Pennsylvania town.[89] The film had its world premier at the 2023 Sonoma International Film Festival in March, 2023.[90] It was the opening night film and won the Stolman Audience Award for Best Feature.[91] Bleecker Street released the film in theaters August 11, 2023.[92]

Marie Phillips, the author of the novel Gods Behaving Badly, described Turtletaub on-set as genial, good-natured and friendly.[93]

His style is radical and unique.

takes, at most, which he feels allows "something fresh to come in," not necessarily his original vision.[96]

Personal life

Turtletaub has two sons

ASD and other developmental differences, transitioning them so they will better succeed as adults in an evolving post-industrial society.[101][103]

He has remained politically active since leaving The Money Store. He has supported Democratic candidates at many levels of office, from city to federal.[104][105][106][107] In addition to Sacramento,[18] since 2000 Turtletaub has had residences in Los Angeles,[14] the West Village,[37] Orcas Island,[108] and Makena, Hawaii.[107]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit
2004 Laws of Attraction
2005 Duane Hopwood
The Honeymooners
Everything Is Illuminated
2006 Little Miss Sunshine
Sherrybaby
2007 Chop Shop
2008 Sunshine Cleaning
Is Anybody There?
2009 Away We Go
2010 Jack Goes Boating
2011 Our Idiot Brother
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed
2013 Gods Behaving Badly
2015 Louder Than Bombs
Me Him Her
3 Generations
2016 Loving
2018 White Fang
Puzzle
2019 The Farewell
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2020 What the Constitution Means to Me Executive producer
2021 Land Executive producer
2023 Jules
As director
Year Film
2013 Gods Behaving Badly
2018 Puzzle
2023 Jules
As writer
Year Film
2013 Gods Behaving Badly
As an actor
Year Film Role
2004 Laws of Attraction Judge Withers
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Doctor #1
Thanks
Year Film Role
2012 Sleepwalk with Me The filmmakers wish to thank
2016 Morris from America Special thanks
2018 Maine

Television

Year Title Credit Notes
2018 Vida Executive producer
2018−19 Sorry for Your Loss Executive producer
2021 Nuclear Family Executive producer Documentary

Awards

Notes

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