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Top 25 Historical documentary production companies based in the United States

Name: Historical documentary production companies based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 482 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 482 historical documentary production companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,021 professional contacts across them, including 509 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers historical 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 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

482Companies

2,021Contacts tracked

509Verified emails

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The 25 largest historical documentary production companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 482 historical documentary production companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to historical 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	Warm Springs Productions	Partial evidence	Missoula, MT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
2	Jigsaw Productions	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
3	Words Pictures	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
4	Antoinette Media	Partial evidence	Atlanta, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
5	ARK Media	Indirect evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
6	Engel Entertainment	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Engel Entertainment is a full-service television and film production company based in New York City that has been producing primarily documentary and non-fiction films and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Tremolo Productions	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
8	Library Films	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Library Films is a premium documentary company helmed by Emmy-nominated director / producer Chris Smith.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	White Horse Pictures, LLC	Indirect evidence	Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “White Horse Pictures, LLC is a motion pictures and film company based out of 9100 WILSHIRE BLVD, Beverly Hills, California, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Blue Chalk Media	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Blue Chalk Media is an industry-leading production company widely recognized for its signature cinematic nonfiction storytelling style and authentic expression of the human…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Muck Media	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MUCK MEDIA is all about good stories and good people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	DDC International	Strong evidence	Bethesda, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Digital Development Communications (DDC) is a multimedia production company that specializes in international documentary production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	The Documentary Group	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Documentary Group is an independent production company founded in 2006 with offices in New York and Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Life Stories	Partial evidence	Pleasantville, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Life Stories creates and distributes documentary films and educational resources about people whose lives inspire meaningful change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Transition Studios	Indirect evidence	Cleveland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Transition Studios, we use our years of experience to create high-quality television programming, feature-length films, and corporate video content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Bodega Pictures	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
17	Show Of Force	Partial evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Show of Force is an award-winning New York-based film and television production company behind some of the last decade’s most ambitious and thoughtful programs including…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Wide Awake Films	Partial evidence	Kansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wide Awake Films crafts feature-length documentaries, episodic television, large-screen projections, virtual reality films, museum interactives, and 4K theater presentations from…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Archival Ninjas	Partial evidence	Torrance, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nimble, highly-skilled and seasoned in experience, Archival Ninjas has been a go-to Archival Production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	The RED Door Films	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
21	Northstar Studios	Partial evidence	Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “NorthStar Studios is committed to creating films that will inspire, educate and entertain a new generation of documentary viewers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Black Valley Films	Strong evidence	Silver Lake, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2002 by Academy Award nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy, we are a documentary production company located in Silver Lake, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Life IS MY Movie Entertainment	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
24	Hard Working Movies	Strong evidence	Brooklyn, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hard Working Movies is an independent film and documentary production company founded in 2004.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Market Road Films	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fiction and non-fiction production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: historical 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 historical documentary production companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of historical 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 historical 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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Historical documentary production companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

25.2%Verified-email coverage

4.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

12.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

413

11-50

51-200

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 482 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 historical 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 “historical 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 historical 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 historical 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, 509 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.

Historical documentary production companies by metro

Historical documentary production companies in New York58
Historical documentary production companies in Los Angeles55

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 historical 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 historical documentary production companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 482 historical 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?

Warm Springs Productions, headquartered in Missoula, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most historical documentary production companies?

New York leads with 58 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (55) and Brooklyn (15).

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 509 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 482 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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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.