Diamond Hands:
The Legend of WallStreetBets

Directed by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper

Partner: ZCDC

Distributor: MSNBC

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The Thing About Pam

Partner: Blumhouse Television

Distributor: NBC

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Toronti International Film Festival Award, Official Selection

Toronti International Film Festival Award, Official Selection

Memory Box:
Echoes of 9/11

Directed by David Belton and Bjørn Johnson

Partner: Yard 44

Distributor: MSNBC

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John Wayne Gacy:
Devil in Disguise

Distributor: Peacock

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TWISI awards: TIFF and TEL

TWISI awards: TIFF and TEL

The Way I See It

Directed by Dawn Porter 

Partner: Focus Features

Distributor: MSNBC

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About

We are a full-service production company that specializes in documentary storytelling and the occasional scripted project for platforms both inside and outside of NBCUniversal. We collaborate with premier filmmakers at all stages of development and production and share access to everything our esteemed news organization has to offer: eight decades of television and radio archive; a global network of journalists; a world-class investigative team; and rich trove of story IP. Our team has decades of experience in the TV and documentary worlds and has been honored with multiple Emmy, Peabody and DuPont awards.

Recent premieres include David Belton & Bjorn Johnson’s Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11, produced by Hugo Godwin and Elizabeth Fischer (TIFF 2021, MSNBC, Peacock), the six-part docuseries John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (Peacock), and Dawn Porter’s documentary film The Way I See It (Focus Features, MSNBC, Peacock). We’re also in production on the scripted mini-series The Thing About Pam (NBC) starring Renée Zellweger and produced with Blumhouse Productions and Big Picture Co.; a feature documentary film with Academy Award nominated director Julie Cohen (RBG); a documentary feature about sex researcher Shere Hite directed by Academy Award nominee Nicole Newnham (Crip Camp); and soon-to-be announced projects with director Dawn Porter and Broadway Video.

Studios is also proud to sponsor the Original Voices documentary fellowship in partnership with NBCU Academy.

Work

Team

Team

Partners

Director Collaborators

David
Belton

Zackary
Canepari

Julie
Cohen

Drea
Cooper

Bjorn
Johnson

Errol
Morris

Nicole
Newnham

Dawn
Porter

Contessa
Gayles

Sacha
Jenkins

Doug
McGrath

John
Leguizamo

Partnerships

Focus Features
Broadway Video
Peacock
MSNBC Films
Participant
BlumHouse
Anchor
Imagine Documentaries
Unanimous
Westbrook
This Machine

Fellowship

NBCU Academy in partnership with NBC News Studios, the NBC News documentary division, is awarding a fellowship to documentarians who identify as — or showcase stories highlighting social issues affecting — women, LGBTQ+, communities of color and people with disabilities. The Original Voices Fellowship is an invitation-only artist development opportunity that supports filmmakers with new feature-length nonfiction films in all stages of production. The selected fellowswill receive a non-recoupable $45,000 grant and a one-year fellowship designed to help each film making team with the completion of their films. Fellows will also have access to archival research, production resources as well as NBC News Studios executives and journalists. In this year’s cohort, we are proud to support coming of age stories that transcend borders, stories of bravery and courage in the face of institutional corruption, stories of nascent parenthood and belonging, films that explore blackness, latinx identity, immigration status, gender, genre, disability, dogma, political disenfranchisement, invisibility, and seven incredibly talented, original voices who embody relentless creativity, integrity, and becoming. Each of the fellows demonstrates distinctive directorial vision and a commitment to equitable filmmaking. We are thrilled to introduce their projects below.

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