Marc Jay Turtletaub (born January 30, 1946)[1] is an American film producer and former president and CEO of the Money Store.

The captain and center on the basketball team, he made All-State in his senior year and was inducted into the Rutgers Prep Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.

[12] The Money Store was a pioneer in the subprime lending industry, making home equity-secured second mortgages and other loans to people with blemished credit.

Turtletaub succeeded his father as CEO and president in 1989,[13] and took the company public in 1991, and then sold it in June 1998 to First Union Bank for $2.1 billion.

[19] He subscribed to the ancient principles of feng shui, a Chinese geometric practice; with architect Ed Kado, he incorporated these features into the design of this "unique landmark.

[3] He looks for screenplays that have something to say, are one of a kind,[31] touch his heart,[32] have a powerful voice, illuminate the human condition and emotional connections,[33] and are either life-affirming in some way, or life-revealing.

The original plan was to use Turtletaub's resources to buy material to develop, then taking the properties to the studios for production.

This modus operandi has been called "a recipe for disaster" and by 2005 he had scaled back and moved away from this strategy after an initial spending spree.

[39] Several movies were produced by Deep River, most notably Little Miss Sunshine, a 2006 Academy Award nominee for best picture.

Turtletaub originally bought Michael Arndt's repeatedly rejected script[40] for $250,000, repurchased it two years later for $400,000 and then paid the $8 million costs of production.

"[44] He describes himself and Saraf as creative producers, involved in every stage of the filmmaking, from the original idea through the editing process.

Made in 2012 with a first-time director and writer and costing less than a million dollars, this character driven indie caught the eye of Netflix, foreshadowing the role of streaming in film creation and distribution.

[47] Critically and financially successful,[48][49] The Farewell has been called a groundbreaking work for bringing a broad based Asian-American narrative to Hollywood, allowing members of the community "to see their own experiences and their own stories on the screen.

"[50] Another 2019 release was Marielle Heller's biographical film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,[51] with Tom Hanks portraying Mr.

[52] The scripted drama premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival; it had made the 2013 Black List of the best unproduced screenplays.

"[56] Documentary productions include Seed: The Untold Story, earning him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Nature Documentary;[57][58] Sheila Nevins and Davy Rothbart's 17 Blocks, the winner of multiple film festival awards;[59][60] and, an as yet untitled Led Zeppelin feature, told in their own voices for the first time.

[65] Through Big Beach TV, Turtletaub has produced the Starz drama Vida and Elizabeth Olsen's "engrossing" Sorry for Your Loss.

A critical and ratings success,[69] it has allowed the Mexican-American and queer "communities to feel recognized in a way that the vast majority of television does not.

[70] Turtletaub was executive producer of the filmed version of the Obie and New York Drama Critics' Circle award-winning Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, starring Heidi Schreck.

It has been credited as having "broken a glass ceiling" when it had an Asian Indian, Irfan Khan, as a romantic lead in an American film.

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

[106][107][108][109] In addition to Sacramento,[18] since 2000 Turtletaub has had residences in Los Angeles,[14] the West Village,[37] Orcas Island,[110] and Makena, Hawaii.