Draft:Randy Tat

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Randy Tat
Born
Seattle, Washington
NationalityAmerican
EducationCornish College of the Arts
University of Washington
OccupationProducer
Years active1987-present
Notable workFinding Andrea
Fourth Down and Love
Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Spouse(s)Sheryl Benezra
(m. 1992- present)
Children2
RelativesHarley Tat (brother)

Randy Tat is an American television and film producer. He is most known for creating and executive producing the film Fourth Down and Love,[1] the true crime television series Finding Andrea,[2][3] the podcast Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders, and being a production executive on How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.[4] He lives in Los Angeles, California.[5][6]

Early Life[edit]

Tat was born in Seattle, Washington.[5] He graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts where he studied art and design and then attended University of Washington where he studied film and television. He is an alumni of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.[7]

Career[edit]

In 1998, he became production executive for the Robert Evans Company and later became the executive vice president for CFP Productions, both Paramount Pictures affiliated film companies.[4] During this time, he was involved in the development of Jade, The Phantom, The Saint, The Out-of-Towners, and was a production executive for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.[8][9][10] After the latter film's success, Tat negotiated a new production deal for Christine Forsyth-Peters (formerly president of Evan's company) and ran CFP productions as executive vice president for the next 12 years.[11][12][13][14]

In 2011, he became development executive for Renegade 83 Entertainment, a subsidiary of Entertainment One, for 7 years.[15]

In 2020, he founded a media production company called Warner Drive Entertainment and began creating and executive producing programs. Since then, he has developed Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders, a podcast about the 1970s McCrary Murders, for the Wondery network.[16][17][18] He was the creator and executive producer of the television series Finding Andrea, a true crime television series for Discovery+.[2][3][19] He was the creator and executive producer of the "Alaska Barn Rescue" episode of the television series In with the Old on Magnolia Network.[20][21][22] He was also an executive producer of the Hallmark film Fourth Down and Love.[1][23]

Art[edit]

Under the artist name "Tat on the Wall", Tat has exhibited artwork and sculpture pieces in art galleries across West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Sherman Oaks, San Diego, and Seattle.[24] His artwork has also been featured in numerous exhibits by the Zimmer Children's Museum (now known as Clayton Children's Museum).[25] Each piece features a story that ties into the exhibit prompt.

Tat's paintings have uncredited features in the 1992 film Wayne's World.[26]

In 2006, Tat created "Timey the Clown" a mixed-media piece featured in the exhibit "The Art of Time". The piece was composed of several antique luggage trunks adorned with vintage circus posters, antique clocks, a portrait, and the clown paraphernalia featured in the portrait. Tat imagined the character as the child of a watch-maker who learned how to juggle clocks and became a clown. As part of the process of creating a mythology for this piece, he personally immersed himself into the conceptual character: learning to juggle and posing for the included portrait using the clown costume from Timey's trunk.[24][27]

In 2010, he created "Desi, The Self Made Man: I Think, Therefore I Am... All That I Can Be" a wooden sculpture featured in the exhibit “The Art of Knowledge”. The five-foot tall piece was a mixed-media assemblage composed of recycled materials decorated using paints and self-help book covers. The piece's name was inspired by René Descartes' philosophical statement "I think, therefore I am".[5]

Many of Tat's art pieces have been auctioned off by the Zimmer Children's Museum with the proceeds being donated to the California-based educational charity youTHink.[24]

Recognition[edit]

He is a Juror for the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival and has been a panelist in previous years.[28][29][30][31][32]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pascale Hutton & Ryan Paevey Are College Sweethearts In Fourth Down And Love". Celebrating The Soaps. 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ^ a b "Jupiter Entertainment's "Finding Andrea" to premiere on Discovery+ this fall". Realscreen. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  3. ^ a b "New Docuseries Finding Andrea Explores the Mysterious Disappearance of Louisville Mother Andrea Knabel". Investigation Discovery. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  4. ^ a b Nollen, Diana. "A Day Away: Global flair at Julien Dubuque International Film Festival". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  5. ^ a b c "Desi, The Self-Made Man". HuffPost. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  6. ^ "Dad Goes Shopping". Press Telegram. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  7. ^ "Digital Deltan: The Official Magazine of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity" (PDF). The Digital Deltan. 2008.
  8. ^ Kaplan, Ilana (2023-02-02). ""You're So Vain": An Oral History of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  9. ^ Fong, Billy (2023-02-14). "From Cocktail Napkin Drafts to Casting What Ifs — The Best Friends and Authors of 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days' Reflect on Its 20-Year Legacy". PaperCity Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  10. ^ Weiner, Yitzi (2018-06-12). "Lessons From One of Hollywood's "King and Queen Makers", Christine Peters". Medium. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  11. ^ Fleming, Michael (2004-02-20). "Peters to court young auds at Par shingle". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  12. ^ "Hollywood Creative Directory". Hollywood Creative Directories. 59: 86. 2007.
  13. ^ "People". CPMotionPictures. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  14. ^ Siegal, Tatiana (2005-12-27). "CFP Productions Inks Deal with Paramount". Backstage.
  15. ^ Frenzel, Anthony (2016-04-22). "Film Festival Gets Rolling". Telegraph Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  16. ^ Katz, Ryan (2022-01-03). "The Long Afterlife of a Terrible Crime". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  17. ^ Nolasco, Stephanie (2022-02-02). "'The Donut Shop Murders' podcast unveils 'depraved minds' behind slayings: 'They tried to outdo each other'". Fox News. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  18. ^ Tron, Gina (2022-01-05). "New Podcast Takes On Homicidal Family That Targeted Women From Donut Shops". Oxygen. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  19. ^ Mutuc, Peter; Brown, Kayla (2022-08-10). "10 Best True Crime Shows To Watch On Discovery+". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  20. ^ Stavick, Katie (2023-12-29). "Alaskan sisters' mission to restore Colony barns makes television premiere Friday". Frontiersman. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  21. ^ Lorimer, Sarah (2023-12-28). "Barn Rescue: Alaskan Sisters' Barn Restoration Journey". Make A Scene Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  22. ^ Fernandez, Georgina (2023-12-30). "Palmer's 'Barn Sisters' work to renovate and restore historic barns". Alaska News Source. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  23. ^ White, Brett. "'Fourth Down and Love' Hallmark Review: Stream It or Skip It?". Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  24. ^ a b c "LA FILM EXEC RANDY TAT CLOWNS AROUND FOR ZIMMER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM BENEFIT : LA IMC". la.indymedia.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  25. ^ Brown, Roberta (2018-11-07). "Zimmer Children's Museum Gets a New Name and a New Home in the New Year". Mommy Poppins. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  26. ^ "Randy Tat". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  27. ^ "Randy Tat poses with his clock Timey the Juggling Clown's Circus..." Getty Images. 2006-05-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  28. ^ London, Michelle (2023-04-21). "JDIFF on the house: Films, panels, workshops, parties you can attend for free". Telegraph Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  29. ^ "Julien Dubuque International Film Festival" (PDF). 365 Ink. 1 (288): 19. April 6–19, 2017.
  30. ^ "Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2019 Program". issuu. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  31. ^ "Julien Dubuque International Film Festival Schedule" (PDF). 365 Ink. 1 (341): 23. 2019.
  32. ^ "Julien Dubuque International Film Festival". Facebook. 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

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