Marc Butan

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| alma_mater = Ohio State University

| occupation = Producer
Chief Executive Officer

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Marc Butan is an American film producer and CEO at MadRiver Pictures, a Santa Monica, California-based motion picture production company.

During his career, he has served as co-president at Sierra/Affinity,{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marc-butan-exits-megan-ellisons-673333|title=Marc Butan Exits Megan Ellison's Panorama for Sierra/Affinity|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}} president at Panorama Media,{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2012-megan-ellison-annapurna-pictures-panoroma-media-317015|title=Cannes 2012: Megan Ellison Launches New International Sales Venture Panorama|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}} president at 2929 Productions, and executive vice president of production at Lionsgate,{{Cite news|url=http://www.screendaily.com/marc-butan-joins-lions-gate-as-production-evp/406338.article#|title=Marc Butan joins Lions Gate as production evp|work=ScreenDaily|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}} where he was responsible for overseeing film production at the studio. Butan was previously an investment banker at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Prudential Financial.

In 2015, he founded MadRiver Pictures to produce star-driven commercial feature films.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/marc-butan-launches-madriver-pictures/5088183.article|title=Marc Butan launches MadRiver Pictures|work=ScreenDaily|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en}} Since inception, the company has produced James Gray's The Lost City of Z starring Charlie Hunnam; Burr Steers' Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; Triple 9 starring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, and Woody Harrelson; Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House starring Liam Neeson; and James Gray's Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt.

In 2016, MadRiver Pictures and Vincent Maraval's Insiders joined forces to form an international film sales joint venture, IMR international.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/madriver-pictures-and-insiders-form-international-sales-joint-venture-imr-international-cannes-1201757920/|title=MadRiver Pictures And Insiders Form International Sales Joint Venture IMR International – Cannes|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en-US}} In 2021, IMR rebranded to The Veterans.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2022-01-28 |title=Vincent Maraval & Kim Fox's Sales Banner Rebrands To The Veterans Ahead Of EFM |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/vincent-maraval-kim-fox-imr-rebrands-veterans-efm-1234921697/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Butan is a native of Dayton, Ohio and an alumnus of Ohio State University, where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau.