Polvino headed production at Revere Pictures for several years, and in 2005 was part of GTO Productions. She then co-founded the boutique film and commercial company Straight Up Films in 2008, Marisa Polvino has produced the films
Outside Providence,
The Education of Charlie Banks,
The Door in the Floor,
Brooklyn Rules,
A Shot at Glory, and
Manos sucias (executive producer) and
I’ll Sleep When I am Dead (co-producer). In 2014, the film
Manos Sucias screened at the
Cannes Film Festival. In 2015 Polvino developed the sci-fi thriller
Apex (executive producer), with
Barry Josephson, the political serio-comedy
Prince of Providence, with
Steven Soderbergh and written by
David Mamet. She is one of several producers who worked on
Transcendence with
Broderick Johnson and
Andrew Kosove of
Alcon Entertainment and directed by
Wally Pfister In March 2021 Marisa Polvino and Kate Cohen launched Straight Up Impact, a sister company of Straight Up Films focused on positive impact productions. == Filmography ==