Beach House Pictures
Beach House Pictures is a Singapore-based premium factual production company driving the "Asian true crime wave" for Netflix and global broadcasters, with a slate built on local stories engineered for international audiences.
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Beach House made Netflix's first crime story in Korea and is now expanding its Asian true crime backlog with projects like Lost and the newly commissioned Ski Dreams.
Beach House Pictures operates from an Asia-Pacific base as one of the region's most strategically focused premium factual producers, distributing globally through Fremantle with territorial arrangements spanning Nat Geo, CMG, and SBS. The company's defining thesis is that Asia holds an enormous reservoir of true crime, wildlife, history, adventure, and sports stories that Western audiences have never encountered, and that those stories, told with UK and US production standards, can perform at the top of global streaming charts. Founder and executive Chan has articulated the mandate plainly: the goal is to bring the duty-of-care practices, journalistic rigor, and sensitivity to victims' families that characterize established true crime markets to Asian production, without sacrificing the local perspective that makes the stories distinctive in the first place.
Beach House's recent slate demonstrates that the strategy is working at scale. The company has produced three premium documentary projects for Netflix as part of its Asian true crime push: The Raincoat Killer, Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case, and Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso. Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case topped Netflix charts in both the U.S. and the UK, validating the company's East-meets-West positioning. The company has since optioned the rights to Harley Rustad's book to develop Lost, a premium documentary about the disappearance of Instagram adventurer Justin Alexander, described internally as a nuanced, heartfelt story about "America's number one survival expert." The most recently commissioned project, Ski Dreams, a sports documentary, signals that Beach House is also expanding beyond true crime into adjacent premium factual genres.
Access to Beach House Pictures runs primarily through established creative and journalistic networks across Asia, particularly in India, Korea, and Japan, where the company has built a sourcing infrastructure of local partners, crews, and story scouts. The company actively options underlying rights, including books and investigative journalism, as a development pathway. Producers and filmmakers with Asia-Pacific stories that carry international broadcast potential are the most natural fit; unsolicited script submissions are not the company's model. The most realistic route for writers and producers is through representation by an agency with existing relationships in the Singapore and broader Asia-Pacific production community, or through direct engagement at documentary markets where Beach House and its Fremantle distribution partners are active.
Ski Dreams
Beach House made Netflix's first crime story in Korea and is now expanding its Asian true crime backlog with projects like Lost and the newly commissioned Ski Dreams.
Beach House Pictures operates from an Asia-Pacific base as one of the region's most strategically focused premium factual producers, distributing globally through Fremantle with territorial arrangements spanning Nat Geo, CMG, and SBS. The company's defining thesis is that Asia holds an enormous reservoir of true crime, wildlife, history, adventure, and sports stories that Western audiences have never encountered, and that those stories, told with UK and US production standards, can perform at the top of global streaming charts. Founder and executive Chan has articulated the mandate plainly: the goal is to bring the duty-of-care practices, journalistic rigor, and sensitivity to victims' families that characterize established true crime markets to Asian production, without sacrificing the local perspective that makes the stories distinctive in the first place.
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Does Beach House Pictures accept unsolicited scripts?
Beach House Pictures is a premium factual and documentary production company, not a scripted development house, so conventional script submissions are not their model. The company develops projects by optioning underlying rights such as books and investigative journalism, and by partnering with local creatives across Asia. Writers with compelling true crime, adventure, wildlife, or sports stories rooted in the Asia-Pacific region are the closest fit, but a direct submission cold is unlikely to be the right pathway.
How does Beach House Pictures attach to or develop projects?
Beach House develops projects by building a network of local sources, journalists, and creatives across markets including India, Korea, and Japan to surface stories with international potential. The company then options underlying rights, including books like Harley Rustad's Lost, and partners with local crews while maintaining Western production standards. Distribution is handled globally through Fremantle, with territorial deals for broadcasters including Nat Geo, CMG, and SBS, giving projects a clear path to market before production begins.
What is Beach House Pictures currently producing or developing?
As of mid-2026, Beach House has the sports documentary Ski Dreams in commission and is developing Lost, a premium documentary based on Harley Rustad's book about the disappearance of adventurer Justin Alexander. The company has described an 'amazing backlog of true crime stories' it intends to bring to Asian and international audiences, suggesting a pipeline well beyond these two titles. Their recent Netflix slate includes The Raincoat Killer, Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case, and Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso.
Who are the key creative leaders at Beach House Pictures?
The company's public-facing creative leadership is identified in trade coverage as Chan, whose quotes define the company's editorial philosophy around Asian true crime, duty of care, and bringing local perspectives to global audiences. Beach House tracks 14 decision makers across its operation according to current intelligence data. For the most current executive roster, the Fremantle corporate directory and documentary market delegate lists are the most reliable public sources, as the company's internal structure is not fully disclosed.
How do I get my project in front of Beach House Pictures?
The most realistic pathway is through representation by an agency active in the Singapore or broader Asia-Pacific production market, or through engagement at documentary markets where Beach House and Fremantle are present. The company actively sources stories through a network of local journalists and creatives in India, Korea, and Japan. Projects with strong underlying rights, such as books or investigative journalism, and a clear Asia-Pacific angle with demonstrated international appeal, align most closely with how Beach House has built its slate to date.
Is Beach House Pictures currently active and taking on new projects?
Yes. Beach House commissioned Ski Dreams in May 2026 and has publicly stated it has a backlog of true crime stories it intends to develop for Asian and international audiences. The company's latest intelligence signal is dated May 2026, with one deal recorded in the past 30 days and a deal velocity score of 6. Their distribution partnership with Fremantle and ongoing Netflix relationship indicate the company is in an active production and development phase, not a holding pattern.
Profile compiled from publicly-available sources: trade press (Deadline, Variety, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter, Screen Daily), festival market reports (Cannes Marche, AFM, EFM, TIFF Industry), executive public statements, and acquisition announcements. Activity counters reflect signal volume from continuous pipeline indexing.
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