Company type | Private |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 2009 |
Founder | Timmy Thompson Tyler Thompson |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Motion pictures |
Website | crosscreekpictures.com |
Cross Creek Pictures is an American film production company founded in 2009 by Timmy Thompson and Tyler Thompson. Brian Oliver served as president of the company from 2009-2017. [1] [2] Its first production was Black Swan (2010), followed by The Ides of March (2011), The Woman in Black (2012) and Rush (2013).
In September 2011, Cross Creek signed a deal with Universal Pictures, where the studio would release at least six productions for the company over the following three years. [3] In November 2015, Cross Creek signed a new three-year, multifaceted co-financing, production and distribution deal with Sony Pictures. [4]
This is the list of films produced or financed by Cross Creek.
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