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Top 25 Documentary film producers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 3,648 documentary film producers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 25,728 professional contacts across them, including 4,490 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers documentary film producers worldwide, 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. Country and city lists for documentary film producers follow the table.
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 documentary film producers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 6,369 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 602 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “De programmamakers van BNNVARA willen zaken in beweging zetten.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 525 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The NFB is Canada’s public producer of award-winning creative documentaries, auteur animation, interactive stories and participatory experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 158 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Paris-based production TV and film production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “One of the largest independent production company in the Netherlands, IDTV is at the forefront of developing and producing (integrated) concepts in the areas of video, events and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 140 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by Chairman Jeff Skoll and under the leadership of CEO David Linde, Participant combines the power of a good story well told with real world impact and awareness around…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sexual and reproductive health and rights are facing a global narrative crisis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OR Media is a leading British production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We create award-winning films and digital learning experiences that inform, inspire, and transform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “An independent producer and distributor founded by Manuel Catteau almost 30 years ago, ZED is a key player in French documentary production, with a raft of international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BONNE PIOCHE, fondée et dirigée aujourd'hui par Yves Darondeau et Emmanuel Priou, est un groupe indépendant de production de films pour le cinéma et la télévision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wildstar was founded on the belief that nature is constantly evolving and our job is to keep up.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Catorce Comunicación es una productora audiovisual independiente fundada en 2006 por Nico García, especializada en entretenimiento para televisión, medio ambiente, acción social y…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Acumen Media is one of the world's biggest Film producers focused specifically on B2B storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We partner with filmmakers who bring untold stories to public media to make a difference in the world.#ITVSfunded” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Louisiana Educational Television Authority was created by an act of the 1972 Louisiana Legislature.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Jigsaw Productions is helmed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, considered one of the most prolific and thought-provoking documentary filmmakers of our generation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Black Dynamite Production est une société de production audiovisuelle créée en 2010 par Eric Hannezo, Vincent Labrune et Guillaume Lacroix.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Words + Pictures, founded by Connor Schell and Chernin Entertainment in 2021, is a production studio with a mission to produce high-end, culturally relevant nonfiction content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “TBD Media Group is one of the world's biggest Video Documentary producers focused specifically on B2B storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Florentine Films is Ken Burns' Documentary Production Company” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MINNOW FILMS LIMITED is a media production company based out of United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chai Bisket is a dynamic hub of creativity, storytelling, and technology.” 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: documentary film producers. 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 documentary film producers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of documentary film producers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name documentary film producers. 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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Documentary film producers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
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 documentary film producers, 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.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for documentary film producers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “documentary film producers”. 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 documentary film producers), 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 documentary film producers, and records with no verified work email.
- 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, 4,490 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.
Documentary film producers by location
18 lists · largest firstEvery Documentary film producers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Documentary film producers based in the United States895
- Documentary film producers based in France287
- Documentary film producers based in the United Kingdom287
- Documentary film producers based in Germany174
- Documentary film producers based in Canada124
- Documentary film producers based in the Netherlands108
- Documentary film producers based in India97
- Documentary film producers based in Brazil94
- Documentary film producers based in Spain83
- Documentary film producers based in Italy79
- Documentary film producers based in Australia78
- Documentary film producers based in Switzerland56
- Documentary film producers based in Belgium38
- Documentary film producers based in Sweden28
Cities
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 documentary film producers, 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 documentary film producers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 3,648 documentary film producers worldwide 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?
National Geographic, headquartered in Washington, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most documentary film producers?
The United States leads with 895 companies, followed by France (287) and the United Kingdom (287). Every documentary film producers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most documentary film producers?
London leads with 145 headquartered companies, followed by New York (124) and Paris (119).
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 4,490 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,648 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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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.