Peter Saraf is a film, television and theatre producer. Among his many credits are Little Miss Sunshine, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Loving, The Farewell, Away We Go, Everything Is Illuminated, Sunshine Cleaning, Don’t Make Me Go, Land, The Sit-In, and Safety Not Guaranteed, as well as the acclaimed series Nuclear Family, Vida, and Sorry For Your Loss. He began his career producing with director Jonathan Demme on movies such as Philadelphia, Beloved, Adaptation, Ulee’s Gold, and the Oscar nominated documentary, Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation. He founded the independent producing and financing company Big Beach, which he ran for two decades. 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

Film

Year Film Credit Award
1996Into the Rope
1997Ulee's GoldCo-producerNominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Film
1999The OpportunistsExecutive producer
2002The Truth About CharlieProduced By
AdaptationExecutive producer
2005Everything Is IlluminatedProduced By
2006Little Miss SunshineProduced ByIndependent Spirit Award for Best Film
Producers Guild Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture
Nominated–Academy Award for Best Picture
2007Chop ShopExecutive producer
2008Sunshine CleaningProduced By
Is Anybody There?Produced By
2009Away We GoProduced By
2010Jack Goes BoatingProduced By
2011Our Idiot BrotherProduced By
2012Safety Not GuaranteedProduced ByNominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature
2013The Kings of SummerProduced By
Gods Behaving BadlyProduced By
2015Me Him HerProduced By
3 GenerationsProduced By
2016LovingProduced ByProducer Guild "Stanley Kramer" Award
2018White FangProduced By
PuzzleProduced By
2019The FarewellProduced ByIndependent Spirit Award for Best Film
Nominated–Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature
A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodProduced By
2020What the Constitution Means to MeExecutive producer
2021LandProduced By
2022Don't Make Me GoProduced By
TBAIntelligent Life
Out of My MindProduced By
Two Wolves
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1998BelovedMayor: Bluestone Road
Thanks
Year Film Role
2002The Good GirlSpecial thanks
2005Duane Hopwood
2012Sleepwalk with MeThe filmmakers wish to thank
2014The Skeleton TwinsSpecial thanks
Hollidaysburg
2015People Places ThingsThe producers wish to thank
2016Morris from AmericaSpecial thanks
2018Maine
The Amaranth
2020Penguin BloomVery special thanks

Television

Year Title Credit Awards
2018VidaExecutive producer
2018−19Sorry for Your LossExecutive producer
2021These DaysExecutive producer
Nuclear FamilyExecutive producer Nominated for Peabody Award

Personal life

Saraf is the son of the late film producer and director, Irving Saraf.[1] 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

  1. 1 2 Barnes, Mike (December 30, 2012). "Oscar-Winning Producer Irving Saraf Dies at 80". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 15, 2013.


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