Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Live action production companies based in South Africa

Name: Live action production companies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 180 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 180 live action production companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,354 professional contacts across them, including 182 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers live action production companies headquartered in South Africa, 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

180Companies

1,354Contacts tracked

182Verified emails

Explore this list → Free signup · no credit card · 500 free credits

The 25 largest live action production companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 180 live action production companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to live action 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	Sunrise Animation Studios	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	143 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sunrise Productions is a company that is passionate about story and equally passionate about people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Sasani Studios	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sasani Studios is a broadcast television & film studios and post production based facility in Highlands North, Johannesburg.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Film Afrika	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Partial evidence “First class production service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Seriti Films	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Seriti Films is a Film Production Company, based in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Orange Films	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Each film has a unique set of needs and at Orange Films we have the experience, enthusiasm and local knowledge to tailor solutions for every situation thrown our way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Iconic Agency	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Iconic is a creative agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Giant Films	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by Ian and Cindy Gabriel in 1995, Giant Films is a creative partnership that is known and trusted throughout the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Gravel Road Distribution Group	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “An entertainment company that focuses on the sales and distribution of quality filmed film and TV content across all market channels, in all territories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	FORT	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FORT is an award-winning, independent, modern-day studio where audiences are built, brilliant stories are told, and worlds are brought to life through film, commercials and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Masters & Savant	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IDEA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Rous House Productions	Partial evidence	Blairgowrie, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Rous House is a leading Johannesburg-based TV and feature film production company, renowned for its exceptional storytelling and high-quality productions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Motif Studios	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Motif brings together a highly experienced team of directors, producers and visual effects artists who are committed to delivering live-action, animation and CG motion graphics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Both Worlds Pictures	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1998 by founder Thierry Cassuto, Both Worlds focuses on the production of film, television, and web content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Diprente	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Pomegranate Media	Partial evidence	Randburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With over 20 years of experience in the television industry, Pomegranate Media is a production company well known for productions such as Isidingo, Tempy Pushas, Mamello, Papa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	NV Films Services	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “NV Film Services is a global production services company with offices in Cape Town and Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Looped Pictures	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are Looped Pictures, A production company made up of passionate, multi-hyphenate creatives who are proficient in all aspects of filmmaking from initial concept to final export.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Video Cartel	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Video Cartel is a Production Agency from Cape Town, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Kaap Film Production	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kaap Film Production was born out of love for South Africa’s beautiful and varied landscapes; its wide offering of locations, and its high standard of film infrastructure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	PUO PHA Productions	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “puo phara productions (pty) ltd – trading as puo pha productions, is a south african production company headed by makgano mamabolo vincent moloi and lodi matsetela - passionate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	African Entertainment Distributors	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “African Entertainment Distributors (AED) is a South African-based entertainment company active in film, television, and live entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Figment Studios	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FIGMENT is a creative film studio driven by a simple and clear development program that turns stories into a market ready IPs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Mediatribe	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a full-service media company that specialises in content creation for television and online platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Stage Five Films	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stage Five Films is a full-service production company specialising in films, series, and documentaries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Patriot Films	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We're a production company based in Cape Town, South Africa.” 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: live action 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 live action production companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of live action production companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name live action 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.

Showing 25 of 180 live action production companies based in South Africa

See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 182 reachable decision-makers.

Free signup · no credit card

View the full list →

Live action production companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

13.4%Verified-email coverage

7.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

33.9%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

140

11-50

51-200

201-500

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 180 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 live action 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 South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “live action 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 live action 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 live action production companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa 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, 182 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.

Live action production companies by metro

Live action production companies in Cape Town61
Live action production companies in Johannesburg51

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 live action 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 live action production companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 180 live action production companies headquartered in South Africa 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?

Sunrise Animation Studios, headquartered in Noordhoek Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most live action production companies?

Cape Town leads with 61 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (51) and Pretoria (7).

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 182 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 180 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.

Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 180 live action production companies based in South Africa. Start with a free account, no credit card.

Download this list →

Related lists

Live action production companies by geography

Browse the directory

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.