Peter Saraf

Peter Saraf is a film, television and theatre producer. He is the son of film producer Irving Saraf. 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. 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 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 FilmProducers Guild Award for Best Theatrical Motion PictureNominated–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 FilmNominated–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 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 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 Saraf is the son of the late film producer and director, Irving Saraf. 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. Peter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1988. He is married to Erika Greene and they have two children.