About

NBC News Studios is a full-service production company inside NBC. Our specialty is documentary storytelling, but we dabble in scripted, too. We partner with premier filmmakers and leverage the assets of our esteemed news organization to bring stories to the screen, including eight decades of television and radio archive, a global network of journalists, a world-class investigative team, and rich trove of editorial IP. Our team has decades of experience in documentary film and television and has been honored with multiple Emmy, Peabody and DuPont awards.

 

Recent work includes, The Sing Sing Chronicles with director Dawn Porter (DOC NYC, MSNBC), Separated (Venice International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival) directed by Errol Morris, The Debutantes (Tribeca Film Festival) directed by Contessa Gayles, Every Body (Tribeca Film Festival/Focus Features) directed by Julie Cohen, Leguizamo Does America season two (MSNBC), The Disappearance of Shere Hite (Sundance/IFC) directed by Nicole Newnham and co-produced with This Machine; the scripted mini-series The Thing About Pam (NBC) starring Renée Zellweger and produced with Blumhouse Productions and Big Picture Co. Upcoming projects include collaborations with Netflix and director Chris Smith, the BBC, and director Nicole Newnham.

Work

Team

Partners


Directors + Collaborators


Josh
Greenbaum



Chris
Smith



Dawn
Porter



Nicole
Newnham



Errol
Morris



Julie
Cohen



John
Leguizamo



Contessa
Gayles



David
Belton



Zackary
Canepari



Drea
Cooper



Bjorn
Johnson



Partnerships

Netflix
Library Films
Delirio Films
BBC Studios
Focus Features
Broadway Video
Peacock
MSNBC Films
Participant
BlumHouse
Unanimous
Westbrook
This Machine
Sky Studios
IFC Films
The New York Times
Submarine
Media Res
Latchkey Films
BET Studios
Anchor
AMC+
Onyx Collective

Fellowship

Original Voices is currently on hiatus.

The purpose of the fellowship was to open doors to the NBCU newsroom and archive to diverse documentary filmmakers eager to present a more vibrant, equitable, and accurate take on American history and society.

Original Voices aimed to break down barriers of authorship and authority between news media networks and consumers, support diverse documentary filmmakers with the resources of a legacy news organization, and strengthen public trust in fact-based reporting and film.

We’re proud of the accomplishments of all of our fellows. A few highlights below:

I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE premiered at Sundance 2022. Winner of Best Director Documentary Award, Winner of Film Independent Truer Than Fiction Spirit Award, Full Frame Film Festival Grand Jury Award. Acquired by POV.

MIJA Premiered at Sundance 2022. Acquired by Disney Original Documentary & FX. 

HUMMINGBIRDS premiered at Berlinale 2023. Winner of Generation 14plus Award, New Hampshire Film Festival Grand Jury Award, Nevada City Film Festival Best Cinematography Award. Acquired by POV. 

UNSEEN Premiered at Hot Docs 2023. Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2023 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2023 CAAMFest Documentary Competition Award, Film Independent Truer than Fiction Spirit Award. Acquired by POV. 

BAD PRESS premiered at Sundance 2023. Winner of Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression.

UNION premiered at Sundance 2024. Winner of Special Jury Award for the Art of Change.

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