Black Bear Pictures
| Company type | Private[1] |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Teddy Schwarzman |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, , United States |
Number of employees | 11-50[1] |
Black Bear Pictures is an American media company that develops, produces and finances original content for film and television. Black Bear is based in Santa Monica, California.
Since its 2011 launch, Black Bear's slate has grossed over $300,000,000 worldwide, been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, nine Golden Globes, ten BAFTAs, and premiered at such prestigious festivals at Cannes, Sundance, Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York, and London.
In 2013, Black Bear entered an output deal with the newly established Elevation Pictures, an independent film and TV distribution company in Canada.[2] Later on, the company acquired Elevation, and it now operates as a subsidiary of Black Bear. In 2023, Black Bear was launched as a primary distributor (Black Bear UK) in the United Kingdom, starting with Dumb Money (2023).[3]
History
The founder is Teddy Schwarzman, a film producer and former corporate lawyer who left Cinetic Media to establish his own production company.
Films
- At Any Price (2012)
- Broken City (2013)
- A.C.O.D. (2013)
- All Is Lost (2013)
- The Imitation Game (2014)
- Knock Knock (2016)
- Barry (2016)
- Gold (2016)
- Suburbicon (2017)
- Mudbound (2017)
- The Happytime Murders (2018)
- Ben Is Back (2018)
- Light of My Life (2019)
- The Operative (2019)
- Our Friend (2019)
- I Carry You With Me (2020)
- The Rental (2020)
- I Care a Lot (2020)
- Little Fish (2020)
- Memory (2022)
- Somebody I Used to Know (2023)
- The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)
- Dumb Money (2023)
- Nyad (2023)
- Sing Sing (2023)
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
- Immaculate (2024)
- Relay (2024)
- Train Dreams (2025)
- The Monkey (2025)
- The Rivals of Amziah King (2025)
- A Working Man (2025)
- In the Grey (TBA)
- Blood Meridian (TBA)
- I Want Your Sex (TBA)
- Tuner (TBA)
- Untitled Christy Martin film (TBA)
- Untitled Ric Roman Waugh film (TBA)
- Wife & Dog (TBA)
- 77 Blackout (TBA)
International sales
- The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)
- Dumb Money (2023)
- Sing Sing (2023)
- Ferrari (2023)
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
- Immaculate (2024)
- Longlegs (2024)
- Goodrich (2024)
- On Swift Horses (2024)
- Relay (2024)
- Shell (2024)
- The Monkey (2025)
- The Rivals of Amziah King (2025)
- A Working Man (2025)
- She Rides Shotgun (2025)
- Whistle (2025)
- Greenland: Migration (2025)
- In the Grey (TBA)
- Afterburn (TBA)
- Bad Boy (TBA)
- Famous (TBA)
- Fred and Ginger (TBA)
- I Want Your Sex (TBA)
- Motor City (TBA)
- Musk (TBA)
- Tuner (TBA)
- Untitled Ric Roman Waugh film (TBA)
- Untitled Christy Martin biopic (TBA)
- Wicker (TBA)
- Wife & Dog (TBA)
References
- ^ a b "Black Bear". LinkedIn. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
- ^ Punter, Jennie (2013-09-13). "Toronto: New Canadian Distribution Shingle Inks Deal with Black Bear". Variety. Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- ^ "Distribution". Black Bear. Retrieved 2025-03-17.