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Top 25 Documentary film production companies based in Los Angeles, United States

Name: Documentary film production companies based in Los Angeles, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 306 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 306 documentary film production companies headquartered in Los Angeles, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,216 professional contacts across them, including 259 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers documentary film production companies headquartered in Los Angeles, 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.

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

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The 25 largest documentary film production companies based in Los Angeles, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 306 documentary film production companies based in Los Angeles, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to documentary film production companies: 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	MJZ	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	90 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded by producer David Zander and director Rocky Morton, MJZ represents a roster of acclaimed filmmakers, producing award-winning feature films, commercials and music videos…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Tremolo Productions	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	37 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Over 15 years, Tremolo Productions has established itself as one of the top documentary companies in the U.S, receiving the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary for "20 Feet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	ARRAY	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2011 by filmmaker Ava DuVernay, ARRAY is a Peabody Award-winning multi-platform arts and social impact collective dedicated to narrative change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Dirty Robber	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dirty Robber is an Oscar-winning production company located in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Delirio Films	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Delirio Films is an artist-centered boutique film & commercial production company that develops, finances, and produces feature films, documentaries and short form content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Muck Media	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MUCK MEDIA is all about good stories and good people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Patriot Pictures LLC	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Led by Michael Mendelsohn (CEO), Patriot Pictures LLC packages film and television production elements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Bodega Pictures	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bodega Pictures is an award winning production company specializing in non-scripted television and documentary filmmaking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Confluential Films	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded by multi-hyphenate filmmaker Tommy Oliver, The Confluential Company is an Emmy and Sundance-winning production company, production services company, and financier devoted…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	The RED Door Films	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Oscar-nominated Director/Producer Matia Karrell and her award-winning production team at The Red Door Films are in the final stages of completing an inspirational documentary film…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Citizen Jones	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “One-time American Film Institute classmates Jonah Bekhor and Jonas Bell Pasht launched Citizen Jones in 2014 as a full-service television and film production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Life IS MY Movie Entertainment	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Life is My Movie Entertainment develops, produces, acquires, and distributes captivating nonfiction cinema across all platforms, utilizing traditional and innovative business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Tripod Media	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Tripod Media is a production company based in Los Angeles that specializes in documentary film.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Shark PIG	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Shark Pig is a filmmaking collective specializing in documentary films and stylish non-scripted content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Anchor Entertainment	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Anchor Entertainment is an award-winning production company founded by veteran producer Ethan Goldman.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Moxie Films	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Moxie Films produces documentaries for broadcast and cable networks, including Netflix, HBO, A&E, MTV, TLC, Lifetime Television, The Oxygen Network, Court TV, Showtime, Discovery…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Jane DOE Films	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jane Doe Films is an Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning film company led by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, producing groundbreaking, investigative documentaries about…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Transit Pictures	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We at Transit Pictures are uniquely specialized in telling human stories that break through barriers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Optimist	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re independent filmmakers-creating character-driven documentaries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Blacksmith & Jones	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blacksmith & Jones is an independent motion picture concern, focused on story-driven filmmaking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Good Docs	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GOOD DOCS are films that do good in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Field Unit	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We provide comprehensive video production services, helping companies big and small share their stories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	North Of NOW	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Psycho Films	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Psycho Films is a Los Angeles-based production company that produces content across the narrative, non-fiction, music video, and commercial spheres.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Counterpoint Films, INC	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CounterPoint Films is a critically-acclaimed film and television production company, founded in 1998 by Oscar Nominee Paola di Florio to produce both nonfiction and narrative…” 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 film 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 documentary film production companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of documentary film production companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name documentary film 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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Documentary film production companies based in Los Angeles, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

21.3%Verified-email coverage

4.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

100.0%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

262

11-50

51-200

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Los Angeles, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Los Angeles, over 306 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 documentary film 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 Los Angeles, United States whose own description of what they do matches “documentary film 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 documentary film 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 documentary film production companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Los Angeles 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, 259 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 production companies by metro in the United States

Documentary film production companies in Los Angeles306
Documentary film production companies in New York261
Documentary film production companies in Brooklyn60
Documentary film production companies in Chicago50
Documentary film production companies in San Francisco50
Documentary film production companies in Atlanta44
Documentary film production companies in Portland39
Documentary film production companies in Seattle32
Documentary film production companies in Austin31
Documentary film production companies in Washington28
Documentary film production companies in Miami25
Documentary film production companies in New York City25
Documentary film production companies in Santa Monica25

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 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 documentary film production companies are there based in Los Angeles, United States?

RevenueBase identified 306 documentary film production companies headquartered in Los Angeles, 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?

MJZ, headquartered in Los Angeles, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most documentary film production companies?

Los Angeles leads with 306 headquartered companies, followed by New York (261) and Brooklyn (60).

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 259 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 306 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.