Fox Searchlight Pictures

Type: Business Segment
On the web: http://www.foxsearchlight.com
Employees: 40

The light shines brightly on this specialty film division of Fox Filmed Entertainment. Rather than produce big-budget blockbusters, Fox Searchlight Pictures produces smaller specialized films in genres such as drama, comedy, horror, and science fiction. Titles include notable indie films such as Little Miss Sunshine, 28 Days Later, "Waking Ned Divine, The Full Monty," and "Boys Don't Cry". Fox Searchlight was founded in 1994 by Fox Filmed Entertainment Co-Chairman Tom Rothman as the independent arm of Twentieth Century Fox. It has its own marketing and distribution operations. International distribution is handled by Twentieth Century Fox.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending June, 2007:
Sales: $6.5M

Officers:
President: Peter Rice
COO: Stephen A. Gilula
COO: Motion Picture Production & Distribution

Competitors:
Focus Features
Lionsgate
Miramax

Fox Searchlight Pictures logo.

Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994. It has a more indie slant than its parent company, and has produced and/or distributed films.

In 2006, a sub-label, Fox Atomic, was created to produce and/or distribute genre films. Its first release was Turistas.

Notable Films

1990s

• Girl 6 (1996)
• The Full Monty (1997)
• Shooting Fish (1997)
• The Ice Storm (1997)
• The Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
• Waking Ned Devine (1998)
• Boys Don't Cry (1999)
• Titus (1999)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

2000

• Quills (2000)

2001

• Super Troopers (2001)
• Waking Life (2001)
• Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)

2002

• Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
• The Good Girl (2002)
• One Hour Photo (2002)
• 28 Days Later (2002)

2003

• Le Divorce (2003)
• Thirteen (2003)
• The Dreamers (2003)

2004

• Club Dread (2004)
• Never Die Alone (2004)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004, with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films)
• I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
• Garden State (2004, with Miramax Films)
• Kinsey (2004)
• Melinda and Melinda (2004)
• Sideways (2004)

2005

• Roll Bounce (2005)
• Bee Season (2005)
• The Ringer (2005)
• Millions (2005) (co-production with BBC Films and Pathe)

2006

• Water (2006)
• Night Watch (2006)
• The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
• Thank You for Smoking (2006)
• Phat Girlz (2006)
• Confetti (2006)
• Fast Food Nation (2006) (co-production with Recorded Picture Company, Hanway Films, Participant Productions and BBC Films)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
• The Last King of Scotland (2006) (co-production with DNA Films and FilmFour Productions)
• The History Boys (2006)
• Notes On A Scandal (2006) (co-production with DNA Films and BBC Films)

2007

• I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
• Sunshine (2007)
• The Namesake (2007)
• Waitress
• Day Watch
• Once
• Joshua (film) (2007)
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Juno
• The Savages (2007)
• Shooting Someone (co-production with DNA Films, Inside Track Films and Pathe Pictures)

External links

• Official site
• Fox Searchlight Pictures homepage on BitTorrent.com

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