Marty Bowen Biography

Fast Facts

• He graduated from Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, Texas, and majored in American history at Harvard University
• Before he formed Temple Hill Entertainment, his production company, he was a talent agent at United Talent Agency with a client list that included writers Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana and Charlie Kaufman
• Quote: "You don't know which of those rocks that you are polishing is going to turn out to be a gem․ You have to polish all of them and see how they come together․"
• Quote: "Although it's nice to get lucky, the real secret is perseverance․"
• His new production company got its big break when film studio Summit Entertainment obtained the rights to Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series of novels and director Catherine Hardwicke asked him to help make it come together
• His father says that as a boy he was consistently doing extra-credit homework