MARLA RATNER
Producing Associate for WET's Risk Takers Film Series

Marla Ratner (co-producer) has been producing with WET for the past 2004-2005 season.  She began her producing career on the top rated HBO documentary series Real Sex.   While at HBO she also produced DragTime, an hour-long documentary for the America Undercover series.  
 
Following her work at HBO, Marla Ratner spent six years as a Talent Manager for Principato-Young Entertainment and worked with an amazing list of comedic actors, writers and directors including: David Wain, Michael Showalter, Tom Lennon, Ben Garant, Artie Lange, Cheryl Hines, Anthony Anderson, and Mo Rocca, to name just a few.  In this capacity, she also developed shows for both network and cable outlets and produced several stage shows with her clients, many of which have shown at the US Comedy Arts Festival, Just for Laughs, and the Edinburgh Comedy festival.

Currently Marla is executive producing a pilot for Vh1 called the "Flashback Flix Show", starring Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ian Black, David Wain and Michael Showalter.

Additional producing credits include: "This is Ray" MTV pilot, "The Smoking Gun" with Mo Rocca for Court TV, and "Open Call" a short documentary which she produced and directed, and premiered at the US Comedy Arts Festival in March 2003.