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Top 25 Behind-the-scenes production companies based in Santa Monica, United States
RevenueBase identified 116 behind-the-scenes production companies headquartered in Santa Monica, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,518 professional contacts across them, including 1,070 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers behind-the-scenes production companies headquartered in Santa Monica, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest behind-the-scenes production companies based in Santa Monica, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,052 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Company 3 is a comprehensive postproduction facility for features, episodic, commercials, and music videos with locations in Los Angeles, New York, London, Atlanta, Toronto…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 316 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Method Studios is a global content creation studio known for photorealistic product development and seamless VFX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cut + Run is an award-winning creative editorial company and a global leader in post production since 1997, providing top-tier services for broadcast commercials, branded and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cabin is a global creative editorial studio driven by a passion for storytelling and dedication to craft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2010 by college students and partners Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor, Buffalo 8 is a full-service media company based throughout Los Angeles, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Panay Films is a full-service film production company and creative agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rock Paper Scissors (“RPS”) is one of the premier film and commercials editing companies in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cartel was born out of a respect for creative work and those who make it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ArsenalFX Color is a high-end post production studio providing full-spectrum services to the television industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LUXHAMMER is a premiere entertainment production & management company working with a global team of filmmakers to create film & television, advertising, and true branded…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Minted Content is a production company where vision and execution are inseparable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TUNNEL was founded by filmmakers, with one goal in mind: support fellow filmmakers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Beacon Pictures, a film, television, stage and new media production company has produced almost 40 films - including AIR FORCE ONE starring Harrison Ford, THE HURRICANE starring…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mass Media Films is a full-service production company specializing in impactful photo and video campaigns for a wide range of clients-including small businesses, corporations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “True Gent is a full-service video production boutique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “37 Laines, LLC is a film and entertainment production company that serves as a crossroads of artistic expression spanning film, dance, and photography.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2006 by Director/Producer Joey Merholz, J-Cut Films is a dynamic, full-service creative production company headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with additional offices in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Santa Monica Studios is conveniently located in the heart of Santa Monica.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since launching Untitled in 2001, Founders/Executive Producers Kristin Evans and Jim Evans have created a dynamic media group recognized for its talent, creative diversity, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nomadic Creations is a Los Angeles based video production company that specializes in creative and humorous branded content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Yard Dog is a Los Angeles based production company focused on broadcast commercials, advertising content and brand-integrated entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Belief is a full service creative studio with over 25 years of experience specializing in a wide variety of content from commercials and short films to websites and motion…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Creative Production Studio” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Organic Media Group (OMG) was founded in 2019 by Kelly Mi Li & Steve Chicorel, with a mission to bring together like-minded, seasoned entertainment professionals who seek to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: behind-the-scenes production companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names behind-the-scenes production companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of behind-the-scenes production companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name behind-the-scenes production companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Behind-the-scenes production companies based in Santa Monica, United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Santa Monica, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Santa Monica, over 116 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among behind-the-scenes production companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Santa Monica, United States whose own description of what they do matches “behind-the-scenes production companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names behind-the-scenes production companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among behind-the-scenes production companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Santa Monica are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,070 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Behind-the-scenes production companies by metro in the United States
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Los Angeles1627
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in New York1023
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Atlanta328
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Chicago299
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Austin199
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Brooklyn188
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Miami178
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in San Francisco155
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Dallas137
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Burbank136
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Portland134
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Denver118
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Santa Monica116
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Houston112
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Orlando112
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Seattle110
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in San Diego108
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Nashville100
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Philadelphia98
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in New York City92
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Beverly Hills90
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Minneapolis89
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Las Vegas86
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Phoenix84
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Boston79
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Washington74
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Charlotte70
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in West Hollywood56
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Salt Lake City54
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Tampa53
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Pittsburgh52
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Culver City51
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Hollywood48
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Baltimore47
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Indianapolis42
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Cleveland41
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Columbus38
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Sacramento38
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Glendale36
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Kansas City36
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Milwaukee34
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in New Orleans34
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Wilmington34
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Boulder33
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Detroit33
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Richmond33
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Venice33
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Cincinnati31
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Oakland31
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Pasadena31
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in San Antonio31
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in San Jose31
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Fort Worth30
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in North Hollywood30
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Raleigh30
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Irvine29
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Birmingham27
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Rochester27
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Sherman Oaks27
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in St. Louis27
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in West Palm Beach27
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Fort Lauderdale26
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Scottsdale26
- Behind-the-scenes production companies in Alexandria25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names behind-the-scenes production companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many behind-the-scenes production companies are there based in Santa Monica, United States?
RevenueBase identified 116 behind-the-scenes production companies headquartered in Santa Monica, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Company 3, headquartered in Santa Monica, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most behind-the-scenes production companies?
Los Angeles leads with 1627 headquartered companies, followed by New York (1023) and Atlanta (328).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,070 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 116 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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