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MacGillivray Freeman Films

Laguna Beach, California(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeStock Footage · Film
Founded1963Wikidata
LocationLaguna Beach, California
Websitemacfreefilms.com
Emailcontact@macfreefilms.com
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Phone+1 949 494 1055
Statusactive2025 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.8IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

20 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of2nominations0%

21 wins from 43 nominations across all awards

Box office
$276m

Combined US gross, 6 of 34 titles

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Highest rated
Humpback Whales
2015
7.1439 votes
We, the Marines poster
Lowest rated
We, the Marines
2017
5.5593 votes
Mostly
documentary, short, history
Active
1972–2024
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Best known for
Everest

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 28 of 34 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.

Credits24 of 34

34 films

Titles per year26 titles · busiest 1998 with 2

26 titles across 28 years, averaging 0.9 a year. The last five years hold at 0.8 a year. 8 of those 28 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time14 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
5678their average 6.8200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 6.8 across 7 titles. The 7 titles since 2008 average 6.5, 0.2 below their 6.7 overall. 7 of 14 rated titles sit above their 6.7 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Greg MacGillivray22
  • Stephen Judson3
  • Shaun Macgillivray2
  • Jonathan Bird2
Writers
  • Stephen Judson9
  • Jack Stephens5
  • Tim Cahill4
  • Greg MacGillivray3
  • Jonathan Bird2
Notable cast
  • Liam Neeson3
  • Meryl Streep2
Genres
  • Documentary27 of 28
  • Short23 of 28
  • History2 of 28

Names appearing on two or more of MacGillivray Freeman Films’s produced titles, across the 28 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 with5 companies

Companies that appear alongside MacGillivray Freeman Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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