---
name: "Marc Turtletaub"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marc-turtletaub"
fi1m_id: "marc-turtletaub"
imdb_id: "nm1196755"
tmdb_id: 4857
wikidata_id: "Q1892837"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "30 January 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T19:30:19.608393+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marc Turtletaub

## Identity

Marc Turtletaub

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marc-turtletaub
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marc-turtletaub
- **IMDb ID:** nm1196755
- **TMDB ID:** 4857
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1892837
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Turtletaub, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1892837, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1196755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4857

Producer. Born 30 January 1946 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 30 January 1946, USA
- **Active:** 2006–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Saraf](https://film.one/person/peter-saraf.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 80 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Turtletaub, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1892837, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1196755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4857

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood*](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marc Turtletaub is an American film producer and director. Born on 30 January 1946 in Lakewood, New Jersey, he was formerly president and chief executive of the lending company The Money Store, which he sold in 1998. He subsequently entered the film industry.

Turtletaub produced *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), in which he also appeared as Doctor #1. With Peter Saraf he co-founded Big Beach Films. His other producing credits include *Safety Not Guaranteed* (2012), *Loving* (2016), *The Farewell* (2019) and *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* (2019). He has directed the feature films *Jules* (2023) and *Borges and Me* (in post-production).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Doctor #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* (2019), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.md)
- *The Farewell* (2019), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-farewell.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Borges and Me* (2026), Director, Producer
- *Jules* (2023), Director, Producer
- *Don't Make Me Go* (2022), Producer
- *Nuclear Family* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Land* (2021), Executive Producer
- *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.md)
- *The Farewell* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-farewell.md)
- *17 Blocks* (2019), Producer
- *Sorry for Your Loss* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Puzzle* (2018), Director, Producer
- *White Fang* (2018), Producer
- *Loving* (2016), Producer
- *3 Generations* (2016), Producer
- *Seed: The Untold Story* (2016), Co-Producer
- *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), Producer
- *Gods Behaving Badly* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Safety Not Guaranteed* (2012), Producer
- *Our Idiot Brother* (2011), Producer
- *Jack Goes Boating* (2010), Producer
- *Away We Go* (2009), Producer
- *Is Anybody There?* (2009), Producer
- *Chop Shop* (2008), Producer
- *Sunshine Cleaning* (2008), Producer
- *Sherrybaby* (2006), Producer
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), as Doctor #1 · Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *Duane Hopwood* (2005), Producer
- *Everything Is Illuminated* (2005), Producer
- *The Honeymooners* (2005), Producer
- *Laws of Attraction* (2004), as Judge Withers · Producer
- *Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt*, Director

## Gallery

- ![photo by "Amy Gallatin / Montclair Film" (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/99172/gallery-d30d31358ffa.jpg) photo by "Amy Gallatin / Montclair Film" (2018) — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Marc_Turtletaub_2018.jpg/1280px-Marc_Turtletaub_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marc Turtletaub](https://film.one/media/person/99172/gallery-976b1d3b8d94.jpg) Marc Turtletaub — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Marc_Turtletaub_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Marc_Turtletaub_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2007: Best Picture (nominated), for *Little Miss Sunshine*

### Other awards — 4 won

- Independent Spirit Awards 2019: Best Film (won)
- Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award 2016: Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award (won)
- Independent Spirit Awards 2006: Best Film (won)
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture 2006: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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