Peter Saraf

Peter Saraf is a film, television and theatre producer. Among his many credits are Little Miss Sunshine, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Loving, The Farewell, Away We Go, Everything Is Illuminated, Sunshine Cleaning, Don’t Make Me Go, Land, The Sit-In, and Safety Not Guaranteed, as well as the acclaimed series Nuclear Family, Vida, and Sorry For Your Loss. He began his career producing with director Jonathan Demme on movies such as Philadelphia, Beloved, Adaptation, Ulee’s Gold, and the Oscar nominated documentary, Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation. He founded the independent producing and financing company Big Beach, which he ran for two decades. 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.