Big Beach, LLC is an American independent production company founded in 2004 by Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf, based in Los Angeles. It is best known for their independent comedy-drama films, including the Oscar-winning 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine.
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. Turtletaub also had been developing Little Miss Sunshine with his former company, which he brought to Big Beach.
In 2014, Big Beach launched a television division of the company. The television division has produced Nuclear Family on HBO and the GLAAD-award-winning Vida, and were the studio for the series Sorry for Your Loss starring Elizabeth Olsen.
Big Beach's films include the Oscar-nominated A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks, The Farewell, which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and the Audience Award at Sundance, and the 2006 Best Picture-nominee Little Miss Sunshine, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the SAG Award for Best Ensemble, and was considered a ground-breaking Independent film. The film's trajectory paved the way for increasing critical and commercial pathways of success for independent films.
In June 2022, Big Beach announced a number of new projects including the upcoming films Tropical Gothic and Out of My Mind. In February, 2022, Big Beach moved its headquarters to their Los Angeles-based offices. They announced that they had fully relocated to Los Angeles in January 2024, and that their upcoming movies Out of My Mind and Winner were set to premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography
Films Big Beach has produced or co-produced the following films:Big Beach: Movies YearFilmCo-producerDistributorRelease dateBudget (USD)Box office (USD)2005Everything Is IlluminatedNoneWarner Independent Pictures16 September 2005$7 million$3.6 millionDuane HopwoodIFC Films11 November 2005$1 million 2006Little Miss SunshineBona Fide ProductionsDeep River ProductionsThird Gear ProductionsFox Searchlight Pictures26 July 2006$8 million$100.5 millionSherrybabyElevation FilmworksRed Envelope EntertainmentIFC Films8 September 2006$2 million$600K2007Chop ShopNoneEntertainment One Films27 February 2007$200K2008Is Anybody There?Heyday FilmsBBC FilmsOptimum Releasing7 September 2008$3.3 millionSunshine Cleaning HanWay FilmsOverture Films13 March 2009$5 million$16.6 million2009Away We GoNeal Street ProductionsFocus Features5 June 2009$17 million$14.9 million2010LuckyNoneN/A24 January 2010Jack Goes BoatingOverture FilmsRelativity Media17 September 2010$620K2011Our Idiot BrotherLikely StoryThe Weinstein CompanyMiramax26 August 2011$5 million$25.9 million2012Safety Not GuaranteedDuplass Brothers ProductionsFilmDistrict8 June 2012$750K$4.4 million2013The Kings of SummerLow Spark FilmsCBS Films31 May 2013$1.3 million20153 GenerationsInFilm ProductionsThe Weinstein Company12 September 2015$5 million$680,3512016Me Him HerNoneFilmbuff4 March 2016LovingRandom FilmsAugusta FilmsTri-State PicturesFocus Features4 November 2016$9 million$12.9 million 2018 White Fang Superprod AnimationBidibul Productions Netflix 6 July 2018 $7.8 million Puzzle Olive ProductionsSony Pictures Classics27 July 20182019 The FarewellRay ProductionsDepth of FieldKindred SpiritA2412 July 2019$3 million$23.1 million A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Tencent PicturesTriStar Pictures22 November 2019$25 million$68.4 million 2021 Land Cinetic Media Focus Features 12 February 2021 2022 Don't Make Me Go De Line Pictures Amazon Studios 15 July 2022 2023 JulesNone Bleecker Street 11 August 2023 2024 Winner ShivHans Pictures1Community Vertical 13 September 2024 2024 Out of My Mind Walt Disney PicturesParticipant MediaReunion Pacific EntertainmentEveryWhere Studios Disney+ 22 November 2024 TBA The Kid Superprod AnimationBidibul Productions FilmNation Entertainment TBA
Television Year(s)TitleSeasonsCreator(s)Network2015New Timers2 seasons, 9 episodesMatt PorterCharlie HankinComedy Central2018Vida3 seasons, 22 episodesTanya SarachoStarzSorry for Your Loss2 seasons, 20 episodesKit SteinkellnerFacebook Watch 2021 Nuclear Family 1 season, 3 episodes Ry Russo-Young HBO
Theatre Release yearTitleDirectorAuthorIn-production2005Of Mice and MenAnna D. ShapiroJohn Steinbeck2008Sleepwalk with MeSeth BarrishMike Birbiglia2015SylviaDaniel J. SullivanA. R. Gurney
References
External links Big Beach website