Matty Simmons
Birth Name:
Matty Simmons
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profession
Producer, Writer
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
- Became a newspaper reporter for the New York World Telegram and Sun at age 17
- First film credit came as an executive producer for the TV movie "Disco Beaver from Outer Space․"
- 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․"