RIP Brilliant Polly Platt

The great Polly Platt has finally succumbed to the ravages of ALS and died, reports Nikki Finke. Platt leaves a legacy of great work behind her, most notably her recent partnership with Jim Brooks, but also her work with Peter Bogdanovich before their relationship fell apart. On her collaboration with Brooks, Finke writes:

Platt was partnered with director Jim Brooks and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his Terms of Endearment (1983). She also was an executive producer on his Broadcast News (1987) and a producer on his I’ll Do Anything. She was an executive producer on The War of the Roses (1989) and as a producer on Say Anything (1989) and as a producer on Bottle Rocket (1996). Her screenwriting credits include Pretty Baby, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, and A Map of the World. Her production design credits include The Witches Of Eastwick, The Man With Two Brains, Young Doctors in Love, A Star Is Born, and The Bad News Bears.

She never one an Oscar (had one nomination in her whole career) but that doesn’t mean much now does it.