BLACK BEAR PICTURES is a boutique media company that develops, produces and finances original and engaging content for film and television. Since its 2011 launch, Black Bear’s slate has grossed over $325,000,000 worldwide, been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, ten Golden Globes and ten BAFTAS, and premiered at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Sundance, Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York, and London.
Black Bear has produced a range of content, including THE IMITATION GAME, Academy Award winner for Best Adapted Screenplay and nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture; ALL IS LOST, directed by J.C. Chandor, which won the Golden Globe for Original Score and earned Robert Redford a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor; SUBURBICON, directed by George Clooney and starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac; GOLD, starring Matthew McConaughey, and nominated for one Golden Globe; and Dee Rees’ MUDBOUND, starring Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan, and Mary J. Blige, which garnered four Academy Award nominations.
Black Bear’s recent films include J Blakeson’s thriller I CARE A LOT, starring Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza Gonzalez, and Dianne Wiest, which was acquired by Netflix following its lauded TIFF 2020 premiere and for which Rosamund Pike won the Golden Globe for Best Actress; Heidi Ewing’s I CARRY YOU WITH ME, which won the Audience and Innovator Awards in the Next section at Sundance and, following its run at NYFF, was released by Sony Pictures Classics; Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s OUR FRIEND, starring Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, and Casey Affleck; Chad Hartigan’s LITTLE FISH starting Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell; Dave Franco’s directorial debut THE RENTAL starring Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Sheila Vand, and Jeremy Allen White; and Academy Award nominee Peter Hedges’ BEN IS BACK, starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
