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Sherwood Pictures

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Industry
  
Film

Founder
  
Alex Kendrick

Website
  
SherwoodPictures.com

Founded
  
2002

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Headquarters
  
Albany, New York, United States

Type of business
  
Ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church

Sherwood pictures


Sherwood Pictures is an American independent Christian film production company in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is unusual among production companies in that it is a ministry of a local church, Sherwood Baptist Church. The company uses mostly volunteers in their productions. It was founded in 2002 by Alex Kendrick, the associate pastor of media for Sherwood Baptist Church with $20,000 in donations.

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The company's first film was Flywheel (2003), but it is best known for Facing the Giants (2006), Fireproof (2008), the highest-grossing independent film of the year, and Courageous (2011). The Kendrick Brothers have also directed and produced War Room (2015) although this is not a Sherwood Pictures film.

History

Sherwood Pictures was founded in 2002 by Alex Kendrick, the associate pastor of media for Sherwood Baptist Church with $20,000 in donations. Kendrick has also written and directed each of Sherwood's films. The budget of each film has been significantly larger than the film directly previous, at $20,000 for Flywheel, $100,000 for Facing the Giants, $500,000 for Fireproof, and $2 million for Courageous.

Sherwood's films have earned back their budgets dozens of times over. Facing the Giants made 102 times its budget, Fireproof earned 67 times its budget, and Courageous made eight times its budget in its first ten days in theaters.

In 2011, The Hollywood Reporter wrote about Sherwood's increasing success:

The movies have progressed from amateurish to critical successes. 'The characters are complex and well drawn, struggling with various personal issues that test their faith and character in believable ways,' The Hollywood Reporter film reviewer Frank Scheck wrote of Courageous.

Filmography

  • Flywheel (2003)
  • Facing the Giants (2006)
  • Fireproof (2008)
  • Courageous (2011)
  • War Room (2015) (as Kendrick Brothers Productions release)
  • References

    Sherwood Pictures Wikipedia