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John Wells Productions

Los Angeles, California(approximate location)

John Wells Productions is a Los Angeles-based media company founded by John Wells. Our core focus is the acquisition, development and production of premium scripted television series and feature films.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
LocationLos Angeles, California
Websitejohnwellsproductions.com
Emailjohnwellsprods@gmail.com
Social
Instagram
Phone779-706-1927
Statusactive2025 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.7IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

33 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of5nominations0%
Emmys66of82nominations80%

556 wins from 1,695 nominations across all awards

Box office
$75m

Combined US gross, 14 of 39 titles

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Highest rated
The Pitt
2025
8.9157,888 votes
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Lowest rated
Doom: Annihilation
2019
3.811,014 votes
Mostly
drama, crime, mystery
Active
1992–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Best known for
Shameless

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 36 of 39 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
1762 seasons

1992–2025

Television rating
8.4IMDb

Their films average 6.2, so the television rates 2.2 higher.

Networks
  • NBC5
  • Netflix2
  • FOX2
  • TNT2
  • CBS2
  • Max1

Across 16 series matched to TMDB, 993 episodes. 2 still returning or in production.

Longest runningER · 15 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 40

21 films · 18 TV titles

Titles per year37 titles · busiest 2005 with 5

37 titles across 27 years, averaging 1.4 a year. The last five years average 0.8 a year, below their long-run rate. 11 of those 27 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time32 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.7200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 8.3 across 4 titles. The 7 titles since 2016 average 8.2, 0.5 above their 7.7 overall. 8 of 32 rated titles sit above their 7.7 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Todd Haynes2
Writers
  • John Wells3
  • Todd Haynes2
  • Carol Flint2
Notable cast
  • Shawn Hatosy2
  • Anthony Edwards2
  • Julianne Moore2
  • Robin Wright2
Genres
  • Drama31 of 36
  • Crime10 of 36
  • Mystery5 of 36
  • Romance5 of 36
  • Action4 of 36

Names appearing on two or more of John Wells Productions’s produced titles, across the 36 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with10 companies

Companies that appear alongside John Wells Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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