Fox Searchlight Pictures

Fox Searchlight Pictures (est. 1995) is a filmmaking subdivision of Fox Entertainment Group, which is part of 21st Century Fox. It is based in Los Angeles, California, and specializes in the distribution of British and independent films in North America.

The company has produced Best Picture winners Slumdog Millionaire (2005), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Birdman (2014), and The Shape of Water (2017). Another fourteen films produced by them have become Best Picture nominations.

In 2019, Fox Searchlight Pictures produced (with Chernin Entertainment) and will be releasing Dome Karukoski's biopic Tolkien, starring Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. Tolkien.