Black Bear Pictures
Black Bear Pictures is an American media company that develops, produces, distributes 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. The company eventually acquired Elevation, which now operates as a subsidiary of Black Bear. In 2023, Black Bear was launched as a primary distributor in the United Kingdom, starting with Dumb Money. In 2025, they launched a U.S distribution division led by Benjamin Kramer, with Christy being the division's first release.
In May 2022, Black Bear partnered with New Regency to launch a documentary production unit entitled Double Agent to produce & finance premium documentaries as Dana O’Keefe had been appointed to handle Black Bear's joint-venture documentary production unit Double Agent as president of the new documnetary unit.
History
The founder is Teddy Schwarzman, a film producer and former corporate lawyer who left Cinetic Media to establish his own production company.Films
Production company
At Any Price Broken City A.C.O.D. All Is Lost The Imitation Game Knock Knock Barry Gold Suburbicon Mudbound The Happytime Murders Ben Is Back Light of My Life The Operative Our Friend I Carry You With Me The Rental I Care a Lot Little Fish Memory Somebody I Used to Know The Marsh King's Daughter Dumb Money Nyad Sing Sing The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Immaculate Relay Train Dreams The Monkey A Working Man I Want Your Sex Anxious People- ''Useful Idiots''
U.S. distributor
Christy - also produced Shelter - also produced In the Grey - also producedTuner - also produced The Rivals of Amziah King - also producedSpa Weekend - also produced Wife & Dog - also producedU.K. distributor
Dumb Money Ferrari The Son Conclave Goodrich Immaculate A Killer's Memory Longlegs Origin The Salt Path Sing Sing Afterburn Christy Keeper The Monkey Relay Shell Whistle Hokum Shelter- ''Tuner''
International sales
The Marsh King's Daughter Dumb Money Sing Sing Ferrari The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Immaculate Longlegs Goodrich On Swift Horses Relay Shell The Monkey The Rivals of Amziah King A Working Man She Rides Shotgun Motor City Tuner Afterburn Whistle Christy Greenland 2: Migration Shelter The Beekeeper 2 In the Grey 77 Blackout Bad Boy Anxious People Pendulum Kockroach Famous Hammer Down I Want Your Sex Mister Musk Shutout Wicker Wife & Dog Ibelin- ''Useful Idiots''