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Peter Saraf

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Saraf, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Little Miss Sunshine
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Safety Not Guaranteed
The Farewell
The Kings of Summer
Our Idiot Brother
Loving
Sunshine Cleaning
Everything Is Illuminated
Away We Go
3 Generations
Land
Out of My Mind
Don't Make Me Go
Land
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Farewell
Puzzle
White Fang
3 Generations
Loving
The Kings of Summer
Gods Behaving Badly
Safety Not Guaranteed
Our Idiot Brother
Jack Goes Boating
Away We Go
Sunshine Cleaning
Is Anybody There?
Little Miss Sunshine
Everything Is Illuminated
The Agronomist
The Truth About Charlie
Storefront Hitchcock
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
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