Known for Production
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.
Filmography
33 films, 2 shows


Out of My Mind
2024 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as her classmates. When a young educator notices her student's untapped potential and Melody starts to participate in mainstream education, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it.


Don't Make Me Go
2022 · 1h 50m
country: New Zealand
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.


Land
2021 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.


A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019 · 1h 49m
country: China
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.


The Farewell
2019 · 1h 40m
country: China
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.


Puzzle
2018 · 1h 43m
country: United States
After years of caring exclusively for the needs of her husband and children, Agnes, a devoted housewife living in a small town near New York, has found something she really enjoys doing: solving puzzles.


White Fang
2018 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A loyal wolfdog’s curiosity leads him on the adventure of a lifetime while serving a series of three distinctly different masters.


Loving
2016 · 2h 3m
country: United Kingdom
In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.


3 Generations
2016 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.


Gods Behaving Badly
2013 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.


The Kings of Summer
2013 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.


Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.


Our Idiot Brother
2011 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.


Jack Goes Boating
2010 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples.


Away We Go
2009 · 1h 38m
country: United Kingdom
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.


Is Anybody There?
2009 · 1h 35m
country: United Kingdom
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.


Sunshine Cleaning
2008 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.


Little Miss Sunshine
2006 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.


Everything Is Illuminated
2005 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.


The Agronomist
2004 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Documentary on Jean Dominique, Haitian radio personality and human rights activist.


The Truth About Charlie
2002 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. Stuck in ever-increasing danger and with four men pursuing her, another stranger offers assistance - but who can she trust?


Storefront Hitchcock
1998 · 1h 17m
country: United States
Live performance by Robyn Hitchcock, in... well, a storefront.


One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994 · 1h 19m
country: United States
Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room This thoughts and feelings of gays with AIDS are revealed in this documentary set in a New York West Village clinic. One of the patients dies during the course of the film. The patients speak with candor and humor about their grave condition, about the support they give each other, and about their preparations for death. The outcome alternates between pathos and the upbeat.