Black Bear Pictures

Black Bear Pictures is a 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. In 2023, Black Bear was launched as a primary distributor (Black Bear UK) in the United Kingdom, starting with Dumb Money (2023).

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)
• Barry (2016)
• Gold (2016)
• Suburbicon (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 (2021)
• 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)
• Longlegs (2024)
• Levon's Trade (2025)
• The Monkey (2025)
• Blood Meridian (TBA)
• The Rivals of Amziah King (TBA)
• She Rides Shotgun (TBA)