Matty Simmons Biography

Fast Facts

• Formed the charge card company Diner's Club with Frank X․ McNamara and Ralph Schneider
• Serves as the chief executive officer for Twenty First Century Communications
• First film credit came as an executive producer for the TV movie "Disco Beaver from Outer Space․"
• Became a newspaper reporter for the New York World Telegram and Sun at age 17
• Best known for producing "National Lampoon's Animal House" and the film series "National Lampoon's Vacation․"
• Has written seven books, including 2012's "Fat, Drunk and Stupid: The Making of Animal House․"