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Top 25 Documentary production companies based in the United States

Name: Documentary production companies based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 1,686 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,686 documentary production companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 8,168 professional contacts across them, including 2,139 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers documentary production companies headquartered in the 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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8,168Contacts tracked

2,139Verified emails

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The 25 largest documentary production companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,686 documentary production companies based in the 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 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	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
2	Boardwalk Pictures	Partial evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	117 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Boardwalk Pictures is an award-winning production company that creates non-fiction, character-driven entertainment for audiences across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Left Right	Indirect evidence	NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Left/Right creates television and film projects that illuminate the drama and comedy of real life: we tell stories that are both honest and startling, revealing and entertaining…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Texas Crew Productions	Indirect evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Whether it’s an NAACP award-winning special about the Obama presidency, a juicy true-crime cable series, a home renovation show, an inspiring music anthology series, a highly…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Adrenaline Films	Partial evidence	Orlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	83 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Adrenaline Film Productions is a full service video production company and provides production services crafted to powerfully deliver your information and generate results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	ITVS	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
7	Warm Springs Productions	Partial evidence	Missoula, MT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Warm Springs Productions team has over 30 years of comprehensive experience in the television entertainment business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	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
9	Story Syndicate	Strong evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	75 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Documentary film and television production company founded by Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Words Pictures	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	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, 2026
11	Film 45	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	65 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Led by filmmaker Peter Berg, Film 45 is an EMMY award-winning production company creating non-scripted entertainment and branded content for film, television, and digital…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Campfire Studios	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	65 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Campfire Studios is one of the fastest-growing production companies in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Bloomberg Originals	Partial evidence	NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bloomberg Originals offers cinematic documentary-style explorations and feature shows at the intersection of business, climate, technology, sports and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Frontline PBS	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Antoinette Media	Partial evidence	Atlanta, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	55 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded by industry veteran Lashan Browning as a joint venture with Paramount Global, Antoinette Media is a full-service production company specializing in authentic, mass-appeal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	ARK Media	Indirect evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Barak Goodman and Rachel Dretzin founded Ark Media in 1996, and were joined by partner John Maggio in 2003.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Rivr Media	Indirect evidence	Knoxville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We make original media content; it’s really that straight forward.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Zero Point Zero Production INC	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an award-winning media company that works alongside top-tier talent to create serial television, feature-length films, branded entertainment, and publishing projects that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Splicer Films	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Splicer Films, our mission is to tell stories of purpose and impact that are the catalyst for positive change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Mcgee Media	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “McGee Media was founded by award-winning filmmaker, Dyllan McGee, to produce documentary content that is innovative, compelling, and immersive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Sirens Media	Partial evidence	Silver Spring, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Television Production Company based outside of Washington DC, producing for networks such as Bravo, Discovery, MSNBC and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Authentic Entertainment	Partial evidence	Burbank, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in Authentic Entertainment is an Emmy Award-winning production company based in Burbank, Calif.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	American Documentary, INC	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A national nonprofit media arts organization, American Documentary (AmDoc) strives to make essential documentaries accessible as a catalyst for public discourse.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Element	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ELEMENT Productions is a full-service video production and post company creating content for distribution across all media platforms and was founded by Executive Producer Eran…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Langley Productions, INC	Strong evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Strong evidence “As a production company with strong roots in documentary filmmaking, Langley Productions has a history of transforming the ethos and aesthetics of so-called “cinema verite” into…” 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 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 production companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of documentary 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 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 production companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

26.2%Verified-email coverage

4.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

13.9%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,445

11-50

201

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,686 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 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “documentary 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 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 production companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 2,139 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 production companies by metro

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 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 production companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,686 documentary production companies headquartered in the 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?

Participant, headquartered in Culver City, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most documentary production companies?

Los Angeles leads with 234 headquartered companies, followed by New York (194) and Brooklyn (50).

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 2,139 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,686 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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About this data

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.