Marc Bortz is the Director of Fiction Content at Preferred Content where he has worked since December 2012. In this role, Marc packages and produces narrative features to be sold at the leading domestic film festivals such as Sundance, SxSW, Tribeca, and Toronto. Marc started his tenure at Preferred Content working directly for its Founder and CEO, Kevin Iwashina. Previous experience in the field includes time spent at ICM Partners, and Marc Platt Productions. Marc graduated Magna Cum Laude from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and is originally from Potomac Maryland.
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Preferred Content is a film, television and digital sales, production and advisory company. We specialize in the creation and monetization of independently financed narrative and non-fiction content for distribution on any media platform.
With regards to our sales and production business, we specialize in American Independent features, Documentary features and festival quality genre content.
Examples of our films include: ANOTHER EARTH (Sundance 2011: US Dramatic Competition, Sold to Fox Searchlight), BLOOD BROTHER (Sundance 2013: US Documentary Competition - Grand Jury Prize Winner, Sold to ITVS), RICH HILL (Sundance 2014: US Documentary Competition -- Grand Jury Prize Winner, Sold to ITVS and The Orchard), ALEX OF VENICE (Tribeca 2014 Narrative, Sold to Screen Media Films), LOITERING WITH INTENT (2014 Tribeca Narrative, Sold to The Orchard) JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (2011 Berlin Film Festival, 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, Sold to Magnolia, Produced), RATTER (Slamdance 2015, LAFF 2015, Sold to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions), I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Sundance 2015 Premieres Section, Sold to Bleecker Street), SPACE STATION 76 (SxSW 2014 Narrative, Sold to Sony Worldwide).
Additional Executive Produced by projects (which we also sold) include: RIDE (Sold to Screen Media Films), LITTLE BIRDS (Sold to Millennium), THE PACT (Sundance 2012: Midnight, Sold to
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