Big Beach (company)

Big Beach is an American independent production company founded in 2004 by Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf,[1] based in New York City. It is best known for their lower-budget comedy-drama films, including the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine.

Big Beach, LLC
FormerlyBig Beach Films
TypePrivate
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2004 (2004)
Founder
Headquarters648 Broadway (7th Floor),
New York City, New York 10012
,
United States
Number of locations
2
Key people
Services
Owner
  • Marc Turtletaub
  • Peter Saraf
DivisionsTelevision
SubsidiariesBeachside Films
Websitewww.bigbeach.com

History

The company began when Turtletaub and Saraf co-produced the 2005 film Everything Is Illuminated. The new company then took over production duties on two films that had been developed by Turtletaub's previous production company, Deep River Studios: Duane Hopwood and Sherrybaby in 2005 and 2006.[1]

In 2014, Big Beach launched a television division of the company that is headed by Robin Schwartz. In 2015, the company opened a Los Angeles-based office that is headquartered next to their subsidiary, Beachside.[2]

Filmography

Films

Big Beach has produced or co-produced the following films:[3]

Year Film Co-producer Distributor Release date Budget (USD) Box Office (USD)
2005 Everything Is Illuminated None. Warner Independent Pictures 16 September 2005 $7 million $3.6 million
Duane Hopwood IFC Films 11 November 2005 $1 million N/A
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Bona Fide Productions
Deep River Productions
Third Gear Productions		 Fox Searchlight Pictures 26 July 2006 $8 million $100.5 million
Sherrybaby Elevation Filmworks
Red Envelope Entertainment		 IFC Films 8 September 2006 $2 million $600K
2007 Chop Shop None. Entertainment One Films 27 February 2007 N/A $200K
2008 Is Anybody There? Heyday Films
BBC Films		 Optimum Releasing 7 September 2008 N/A $3.3 million
Sunshine Cleaning HanWay Films Overture Films 13 March 2009 $5 million $16.6 million
2009 Away We Go Neal Street Productions Focus Features 5 June 2009 $17 million $14.9 million
2010 Lucky None. N/A 24 January 2010 N/A N/A
Jack Goes Boating Overture Films
Relativity Media		 17 September 2010 N/A $620K
2011 Our Idiot Brother Likely Story The Weinstein Company
Miramax		 26 August 2011 $5 million $25.9 million
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed Duplass Brothers Productions FilmDistrict 8 June 2012 $750K $4.4 million
2013 The Kings of Summer Low Spark Films CBS Films 31 May 2013 N/A $1.3 million
2015 3 Generations InFilm Productions The Weinstein Company 12 September 2015 $5 Million $680,351
2016 Me Him Her None. Filmbuff 4 March 2016 N/A N/A
Loving Random Films
Augusta Films
Tri-State Pictures		 Focus Features 4 November 2016 $9 Million $12.9 Million
2018 Puzzle Olive Productions Sony Pictures Classics 27 July 2018 N/A N/A
2019 The Farewell Ray Productions
Depth of Field
Kindred Spirit		 A24 12 July 2019 N/A N/A
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Tencent Pictures TriStar Pictures 22 November 2019 N/A N/A
2021 Land Focus Features 12 February 2021 N/A N/A

Television
Year(s) Title Seasons Creator(s) Network
2015 New Timers 2 seasons, 9 episodes Matt Porter
Charlie Hankin		 Comedy Central
2018 Vida 3 seasons, 22 episodes Tanya Saracho Starz
Sorry for Your Loss 2 seasons, 20 episodes Kit Steinkellner Facebook Watch
2021 Nuclear Family 1 season, 3 episodes Ry Russo-Young HBO

Theatre
Release Year Title Director Author In-production
2005 Of Mice and Men Anna D. Shapiro John Steinbeck No
2008 Sleepwalk with Me Seth Barrish Mike Birbiglia No
2015 Sylvia Daniel J. Sullivan A. R. Gurney No

References
  1. Fleming, Michael (September 21, 2004). "Turtletaub surfs Big Beach with Saraf". Variety.
  2. Hipes, Patrick (30 November 2015). "Indie Producer Big Beach Opens L.A. Outpost". Deadline. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. Big Beach: Movies


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