Excellent Cadaver

Excellent Cadaver is an American film and television production company founded by actress Jennifer Lawrence in 2018.^[1][2][3] The company has produced the drama Causeway (2022) and the comedy No Hard Feelings (2023), both starring Lawrence.

Excellent Cadaver

Company type	Private
Industry	Production company
Founded	2018; 7 years ago (2018)
Founder	Jennifer Lawrence
Headquarters	United States
Key people	Jennifer Lawrence (CEO)

Excellent Cadaver's founder Jennifer Lawrence

History

In 2018, Excellent Cadaver was founded by actress Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence produces with her producing partner, Justine Ciarrocchi.^[1]

In October 2018, it was announced that the company had signed a first-look deal with Makeready, who will finance and produce independently with Excellent Cadaver, or through Makeready's finance and production deals with Universal Pictures and Entertainment One.^[1][2]

Filmmaker Don Herzfeldt was approached by Lawrence to create an animated logo for the company. The logo was featured in the company's first feature film, Causeway.^[4] In January 2023, Causeway went on to receive the company's first Academy Award nomination for Brian Tyree Henry in the Best Supporting Actor category.^[5]

In 2023, the company’s second feature film, No Hard Feelings, grossed over $89 million at the box office and earned Lawrence a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.^[6] That same year, the company's first documentary and third production, Bread and Roses directed by Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, about the 2021 Taliban takeover’s effects on women premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim.^[7]

In 2024, Lawrence — alongside Chelsea and Hillary Clinton — executive produced the documentary Zurawski v Texas about the eponymous court case surrounding reproductive rights in Texas, which premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.^[8] Following the release of Zurawski v Texas and the impending presidential election, Lawrence spoke of the importance of using her company to produce projects: "That's the beautiful, amazing thing about film and documentaries. Hearing facts or listening to the news, hearing certain things happen, it's very easy to forget until you actually see human existence and you see what's going on. I think that's when minds can be changed."^[9]

The company's next feature will be Lynne Ramsay's dark comedy Die, My Love starring Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stanfield, and Nick Nolte; produced alongside Martin Scorsese.^[10]

Filmography

Released

Year	Title	Director	Gross (worldwide)	Notes	Ref.
2022	Causeway	Lila Neugebauer	—	with IAC Films and A24	[11]
2023	Bread and Roses	Sahra Mani	—	—	[12][13]
2023	No Hard Feelings	Gene Stupnitsky	$87.3 million	with Saks Picture Company, Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, and Columbia Pictures	[14]
2024	Zurawski v Texas	Maisie Crowe and Abbie Perrault	—	with HiddenLight Productions and Out of Nowhere	[15][16]
2025	Die, My Love	Lynne Ramsay	—	with Black Label Media	[17]

In development

• The Wives (with BB2, A24, and Apple Studios)^[18]
• Why Don't You Love Me? (with Square Peg and A24)^[19]

Developed projects

• Project Delirium (with 2929 Entertainment) (to be directed by Jennifer Lawrence)^[20]
• Zelda^[21]
• Burial Rites (with TriStar Pictures)^[22]
• Untitled Jennifer Lawrence/Amy Schumer project^[23]
• Mob Girl (with Makeready)^[24]
• Sue (with Picturestart and Apple Studios)^[25][26]