Production Company Directory · Detroit, MI
Production Companies in Detroit, MI
26 film, TV, and commercial production companies, studios, and soundstages in Detroit, MI, part of a nationwide directory of 59,401 companies. Browse the list below, or search the interactive map.
Production in Detroit is growing slowly on 4 measures, including people employed in film and film businesses. Compare Detroit with 496 other cities.
Work from this city, by year
busiest 2022 · 3 projectsProjects credited to companies based here. A production-base measure, not where the camera was.
How this city is doing
growing slowlysources disagreeSources disagree. People employed in film is the more current reading — it runs 1 year behind against two to three for release credits.
- Crew and vendor depthcurrent2 of 39 companies (5%)company records — equipment, transport, stages, post, art, costume and VFX
- People employed in film1y behind3,043 (2014) → 2,629 (2023)BLS QCEW, NAICS 5121 — 257 employers, $28M in quarterly wages
- Film businesses1y behind178 (2014) → 257 (2023)BLS QCEW, NAICS 5121 — establishments paying wages, which is a different question from headcount
- Quarterly pay per worker1y behind$9,169 → $10,473BLS QCEW, NAICS 5121 — not inflation-adjusted, so read the direction rather than the figure
- Titles released2y behind6 → 16 across two five-year periodscredits via TMDB — counts releases, so it trails what is shooting by two to three years
Each figure comes from a named source and is shown with how far behind it runs. Nothing here is a rating or an estimate.
Made here
Ranked by how many companies from Detroit worked on each title.
Where they are
26 of 26 companies have an address precise enough to map.
Busiest companies
- Jam Handy Organization (JHO)87 titlesproduction company
- Atlas Industries7 titlesproduction company
- Chedda Boy Films3 titlesproduction company
- General Motors Corporation3 titlestransportation
- Get Super Rad3 titlesdistributor
- Deep Blue Pictures3 titlesproduction company
- Death Ground1 titleproduction company
- WTP Pictures1 titleproduction company
- Nickname Projects1 titleproduction company
- Chevrolet1 titleproduction company
- The Detroit Institute of Arts1 titleproduction company
- Stockhouse1 titleproduction company
The work made in Detroit, MI
Distinct titles from 26 companies
15 rated titles, weighted by votes
Combined US gross where reported
· 27 wins across all awards
- Short67 titles
- Documentary44 titles
- Drama10 titles
- Animation7 titles
- Comedy7 titles
Counted on distinct titles, so a production credited to several companies here is counted once. Ratings and awards from OMDb; a title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.
All 26 companies
- Atlas IndustriesProduction Company
- Brendan Ross PhotographerProduction Company
- Cadieux StageSoundstage
- Camelot StudiosProduction Company
- CaraMediaProduction Company
- Chedda Boy FilmsProduction Company
- ChevroletProduction Company
- Creative Day TechnologiesProduction Company
- Death GroundProduction Company
- Deep Blue PicturesProduction Company
- Detroit TigersProduction Company
- Eightfold CollectiveProduction Services
- General Motors CorporationTransportation
- Get Super RadDistributor
- Jam Handy Organization (JHO)Production Company
- Local Boy ProductionsProduction Company
- M2 CreativeVFX/Animation
- Nickname ProjectsProduction Company
- Parliament StudiosStudio
- Passion Project ProductionsProduction Company
- ProtranstechDistributor
- StockhouseProduction Company
- The Detroit Institute of ArtsProduction Company
- The Powers That Be MediaProduction Company
- Uncork'd EntertainmentProduction Company
- WTP PicturesProduction Company