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Peter Saraf is a film, television and theatre producer. His producer credits include Little Miss Sunshine, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Loving (2016 film). He began his career producing with director Jonathan Demme on movies such as Philadelphia (film), Beloved (1998 film), Adaptation (film), Ulee’s Gold, and the Oscar nominated documentary, Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation. He co-founded and co-ran Big Beach (company) with Marc Turtletaub, which he co-ran with Turtletaub for two decades until he exited "quietly" in 2020 after Big Beach moved its headquarters from New York and laid off a number of Saraf's staff.[1][2] He has been nominated for Oscar, Golden Globe and Tony Awards and won multiple awards including the Spirit, Gotham, and Producers Guild Awards. He was the chair of the PGA East, a Vice President of the PGA, and currently sits on the executive committee of the Producers Branch of the Academy.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Credit Award
1996 Into the Rope
1997 Ulee's Gold Co-producer Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Film
1999 The Opportunists Executive producer
2002 The Truth About Charlie Produced By
Adaptation Executive producer
2005 Everything Is Illuminated Produced By
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Produced By Independent Spirit Award for Best Film
Producers Guild Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture
Nominated–Academy Award for Best Picture
2007 Chop Shop Executive producer
2008 Sunshine Cleaning Produced By
Is Anybody There? Produced By
2009 Away We Go Produced By
2010 Jack Goes Boating Produced By
2011 Our Idiot Brother Produced By
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed Produced By Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature
2013 The Kings of Summer Produced By
Gods Behaving Badly Produced By
2015 Me Him Her Produced By
3 Generations Produced By
2016 Loving Produced By Producer Guild "Stanley Kramer" Award
2018 White Fang Produced By
Puzzle Produced By
2019 The Farewell Produced By Independent Spirit Award for Best Film
Nominated–Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Produced By
2020 What the Constitution Means to Me Executive producer
2021 Land Produced By
2022 Don't Make Me Go Produced By
TBA Intelligent Life
Out of My Mind Produced By
Two Wolves
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1998 Beloved Mayor: Bluestone Road
Thanks
Year Film Role
2002 The Good Girl Special thanks
2005 Duane Hopwood
2012 Sleepwalk with Me The filmmakers wish to thank
2014 The Skeleton Twins Special thanks
Hollidaysburg
2015 People Places Things The producers wish to thank
2016 Morris from America Special thanks
2018 Maine
The Amaranth
2020 Penguin Bloom Very special thanks

Television

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Year Title Credit Awards
2018 Vida Executive producer
2018−19 Sorry for Your Loss Executive producer
2021 These Days Executive producer
Nuclear Family Executive producer Nominated for Peabody Award

Personal life

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Saraf is the son of the late film producer and director, Irving Saraf.[3] Irving Saraf, who was born in Poland and raised in Israel, won an Academy Award for the documentary film, In the Shadow of the Stars, in 1991.[1] Peter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1988. He is married to Erika Greene and they have two children.

References

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  1. ^ a b Donnelly, Matt (February 17, 2022). "Big Beach Hit By Layoffs, Shutters New York Headquarters". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Thompson, Anne (January 2, 2020). "How Big Beach Backed Two 2020 Golden Globes Contenders". Indie Wire. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Barnes, Mike (December 30, 2012). "Oscar-Winning Producer Irving Saraf Dies at 80". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
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