Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Film and television production based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 151 film and television production headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 744 professional contacts across them, including 153 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers film and television production headquartered in Chicago, 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 20, 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 film and television production based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Optimus is a collective of award winning filmmakers, storytellers, and artists working with agencies and brands to develop and produce engaging and effective creative content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cutters Studios is a collaboration of creative elements that work together to develop the solution for your production and post production needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Periscope Post and Audio is the Midwest’s premiere full service professional post production studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For four decades, Questar Entertainment has been a trailblazer in the TV and Film industry, setting the bar for innovation, production, distribution, and branded channels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Imani Media Group is a film production company based in Beverly Hills, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Creative, production, and post.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Lakefront Pictures & Lakefront Creative Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “1986 is a full-service content studio launched by award-winning agency Highdive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MK Films is a production studio specializing in tabletop and live action production located just West of downtown Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Digifé is a Black-owned, Emmy award-winning full-service production company based in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.” - Nelson Algren October is a production & post-production studio in Chicago, IL that also has capabilities in graphics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We provide experienced broadcast camera crews, full-service video production, and powerful turnkey broadcast studio solutions for all your in-house needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Plum Productions is a leading Chicago video production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Resolution Studios, we are dedicated to creating high-quality and impactful projects that shine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Chicago, Atomic Imaging/Golan Studios is an international full–service emerging technologies solution provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We make TV commercials, web content, animations, visual effects, commercial photography and some of the world's best startup videos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “a modern production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RA IMAGING is passionate about teaming up with agencies, brands, and producers to engage their audiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Emmy and Graphis award-winning Maday Productions specializes in video production, editorial and design for a variety of different applications including digital, social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Indivio Media is a media production company specializing in post-production, animation, video editing, motion graphics, visual effects, art direction, audio and sound design for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Northwoods, we are true filmmakers and story tellers at heart, and that passion crosses over into every aspect of our philosophy, even into our personal work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Despite the over saturation of today’s technology and numerous modes of communication, Mid C Media helps its clients break through the clutter and successfully connect their brand…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to 2 East 8th Productions – your destination for standout creative content and fearless collaboration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “One City Films is a Chicago-based media company that specializes in producing deeply captivating short-subject and feature-length documentary films as well as engaging commercial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Voke Studios is a full service post production studio offering editorial, 2D & 3D motion design, VFX, color, and sound for the film, entertainment, and advertising industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: film and television production. 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 film and television production.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of film and television production, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name film and television production. 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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Film and television production based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 151 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 film and television production, 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 Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “film and television production”. 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 film and television production), 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 film and television production, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago 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, 153 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 20, 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.
Film and television production by metro in the United States
- Film and television production in Los Angeles1362
- Film and television production in New York711
- Film and television production in Atlanta197
- Film and television production in Chicago151
- Film and television production in Burbank117
- Film and television production in Beverly Hills109
- Film and television production in Brooklyn109
- Film and television production in Austin105
- Film and television production in Miami104
- Film and television production in Santa Monica103
- Film and television production in San Francisco72
- Film and television production in Dallas64
- Film and television production in Nashville64
- Film and television production in Orlando58
- Film and television production in Portland58
- Film and television production in New York City56
- Film and television production in West Hollywood55
- Film and television production in San Diego54
- Film and television production in Seattle51
- Film and television production in Houston50
- Film and television production in Denver49
- Film and television production in Culver City44
- Film and television production in Philadelphia44
- Film and television production in Las Vegas42
- Film and television production in Washington42
- Film and television production in Phoenix37
- Film and television production in Minneapolis36
- Film and television production in Hollywood35
- Film and television production in Boston33
- Film and television production in Glendale27
- Film and television production in Salt Lake City27
- Film and television production in New Orleans26
- Film and television production in Sherman Oaks26
- Film and television production in Charlotte25
- Film and television production in Pasadena25
- Film and television production in Venice25
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 film and television production, 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 film and television production are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 151 film and television production headquartered in Chicago, 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?
Optimus, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most film and television production?
Los Angeles leads with 1362 headquartered companies, followed by New York (711) and Atlanta (197).
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 153 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 151 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 20, 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.
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