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Top 25 Documentary filmmakers worldwide

Name: Documentary filmmakers worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 4,428 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 4,428 documentary filmmakers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 18,527 professional contacts across them, including 3,432 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers documentary filmmakers 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 filmmakers 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

4,428Companies

18,527Contacts tracked

3,432Verified emails

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The 25 largest documentary filmmakers worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 4,428 documentary filmmakers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to documentary filmmakers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	National Film Board Of Canada	Partial evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	525 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
2	IDTV	Indirect evidence	Amsterdam, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
3	Participant	Indirect evidence	Culver City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
4	DOC NYC	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	106 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, takes place annually in November; the 15th edition was held in person and online Nov 13 - December 1, 2024, showcasing over 250…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	OR Media LTD	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	103 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OR Media is a leading British production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	The Edge	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We create award-winning films and digital learning experiences that inform, inspire, and transform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	ZED	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
8	Bonne Pioche	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	88 contacts →
	Indirect 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, 2026
9	Catorce Comunicación S.L	Indirect evidence	Madrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
10	Acumen	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acumen Media is one of the world's biggest Film producers focused specifically on B2B storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	HOT Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	82 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, conference and market, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	ITVS	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
13	Jigsaw Productions	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Strong 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, 2026
14	Story Syndicate	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	75 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Documentary film and television production company founded by Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Words Pictures	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	74 contacts →
	Indirect 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, 2026
16	72 Films	Indirect evidence	United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	TBD Media Group	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
18	Movies That Matter	Indirect evidence	Amsterdam, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	70 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “De missie van Movies that Matter is om de blik te verruimen op mensenrechten.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Florentine Films	Partial evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	68 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Florentine Films is Ken Burns' Documentary Production Company” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	California Film Institute	Indirect evidence	San Rafael, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	67 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The California Film Institute (CAFILM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting film, as art and education, with a diverse series of annual…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Minnow Films Limited	Indirect evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MINNOW FILMS LIMITED is a media production company based out of United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Prospero Productions	Partial evidence	Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	66 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Independent Documentary Production company best known for long form observational documentary series' including Outback Truckers, Outback Opal Hunters and Railroad Australia as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Chai Bisket	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chai Bisket is a dynamic hub of creativity, storytelling, and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Sheffield Docfest	Partial evidence	Sheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sheffield DocFest is the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Kino Lorber	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With a library of over titles, Kino Lorber has been a leader in independent art house distribution for over 45 years, releasing 35 films per year theatrically and garnering seven…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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 filmmakers. 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 filmmakers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of documentary filmmakers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name documentary filmmakers. 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 filmmakers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

18.5%Verified-email coverage

4.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.7%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,902

11-50

439

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 filmmakers, 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 filmmakers are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “documentary filmmakers”. 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 filmmakers), 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 filmmakers, 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, 3,432 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 filmmakers by location

17 lists · largest first

Every Documentary filmmakers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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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 filmmakers, 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 filmmakers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 4,428 documentary filmmakers 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 Film Board Of Canada, headquartered in Montreal, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most documentary filmmakers?

The United States leads with 1,045 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (347) and France (310). Every documentary filmmakers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most documentary filmmakers?

London leads with 164 headquartered companies, followed by New York (153) and Paris (141).

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 3,432 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,428 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.