| Elara Pictures | |
| Area Served: | United States |
| Industry: | Film industry |
| Location City: | New York, New York |
| Location Country: | U.S. |
Elara Pictures is an American independent film production and television production company founded by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein and Sebastian Bear-McClard.
They have produced such films as Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017), Uncut Gems (2019) and Funny Pages (2022).
Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler, is Elara's highest grossing film. It is A24’s second highest-grossing film, behind Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), and was the company's highest-grossing film at the time of its release.
In 2014, Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein and Sebastian Bear-McClard launched the company to produce projects.[1] The company's first film Heaven Knows What had its world premiere at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in September 2014, and was released in May 2015, by RADius-TWC.[2]
In May 2020, the company entered a two-year first look deal with HBO and A24. Under the terms, A24 will executive produce all HBO-Elara projects and partner with Elara on select projects outside of the HBO first look.[3]
The company has additionally produced the television series Chillin Island (2021), Telemarketers (2023), (2023) for HBO,[4] [5] [6] and The Curse for Showtime.[7]
In March 2023, Sebastian Bear-McClard was accused of sexual misconduct, with allegations including reaching out to an underage girl on Instagram for Good Time, who felt pressured into performing a nude scene, which was ultimately removed from the final cut of the film, and not discussing pay instead paying her with cigarettes.Bear-McClard additionally was alleged to be in contact with another underage girl and had an inappropriate relationship with an assistant on the set of Uncut Gems.[8] Bear-McClard was fired by Elara in July 2022, due to the allegations.[9]
| Release Date | Genre | Title | Distribution or Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2015 | Feature film | Heaven Knows What | distributed by RADiUS-TWC | |
| August 11, 2017 | Feature film | Good Time | distributed by A24[10] | |
| December 13, 2019 | Feature film | Uncut Gems | distributed by A24 | |
| December 10, 2021 | Reality series | Chillin Island | HBO | |
| August 26, 2022 | Feature film | Funny Pages | distributed by A24 | |
| August 13, 2023 | Documentary series | Telemarketers | HBO | |
| August 31, 2023 | Documentary film | Thank You Very Much | ||
| November 10, 2023 | TV series | The Curse | Showtime | |
| November 13, 2023 | Documentary series | HBO | ||
| June 02, 2024 | Documentary series | Ren Faire | HBO |