Production CompanyFilm

Why Not Productions

Paris, France(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1990Wikidata
LocationParis, France
Websitewhynotproductions.fr
Emailcontact@whynotproductions.fr
Phone+33 01 48 24 24 50
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.6IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

68 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars2of8nominations25%
BAFTAs2of9nominations22%

569 wins from 1,778 nominations across all awards

Box office
$271m

Combined US gross, 38 of 100 titles

Fjord poster
Highest rated
Fjord
2026
7.8118 votes
Louis & Frank poster
Lowest rated
Louis & Frank
1998
3.4186 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, crime
Active
1992–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Best known for
The Purge

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 78 of 100 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 123

99 films · 1 TV title

Titles per year92 titles · busiest 2005 with 6

92 titles across 30 years, averaging 3.1 a year. The last five years hold at 3.2 a year.

Quality over time63 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
2468their average 6.6200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.1 across 17 titles. The 20 titles since 2017 average 6.6, holding at their 6.6 overall. 28 of 63 rated titles sit above their 6.6 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Arnaud Desplechin10
  • Jacques Audiard6
  • Cristian Mungiu5
  • Ken Loach5
  • Bruno Podalydès5
Writers
  • Arnaud Desplechin10
  • Julie Peyr7
  • Jacques Audiard6
  • Cristian Mungiu5
  • Thomas Bidegain5
Notable cast
  • Roschdy Zem4
  • Mathieu Amalric4
  • Marion Cotillard3
  • Louis Garrel3
  • Denis Podalydès3
Genres
  • Drama62 of 76
  • Comedy20 of 76
  • Crime16 of 76
  • Romance13 of 76
  • Thriller6 of 76

Names appearing on two or more of Why Not Productions’s produced titles, across the 76 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 with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Why Not Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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