Production Company Directory · Johannesburg, ZA

Production Companies in Johannesburg, ZA

69 film, TV, and commercial production companies, studios, and soundstages in Johannesburg, ZA, part of a nationwide directory of 59,401 companies. Browse the list below, or search the interactive map.

Production in Johannesburg is growing slowly on a single measure, titles released. Compare Johannesburg with 496 other cities.

Work from this city, by year

busiest 2024 · 24 projects

Projects credited to companies based here. A production-base measure, not where the camera was.

projects companies working
Gauteng Film Commission
local film office
25-35% (currently frozen)
Cash Rebate (currently frozen)
69
companies
284
projects
65%
credited

How this city is doing

growing slowlysources agree
decliningnarrow band = sources agreegrowing

Only release credits here, which trail production by two to three years. A busy line does not mean a busy stage today.

  • Crew and vendor depthcurrent
    2 of 51 companies (4%)
    company records — equipment, transport, stages, post, art, costume and VFX
  • Titles released2y behind
    64 → 101 across two five-year periods
    credits 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 Johannesburg worked on each title.

The Polygamist
The Polygamist
2026
This is Football
This is Football
2026
Hunting Jessica Brok
Hunting Jessica Brok
2025 · 2 local companies
Muzzle: City of Wolves
Muzzle: City of Wolves
2025
Marked
Marked
2025
Love and Wine
Love and Wine
2025
London Calling
London Calling
2025
Cop & a Half
Cop & a Half
2025
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story
2025
Umjolo: My Beginning, My End!
Umjolo: My Beginning, My End!
2025
Umjolo: There Is No Cure
Umjolo: There Is No Cure
2025
Helderberg
Helderberg
2025
Pride Rules
Pride Rules
2025
Secret Creatures
Secret Creatures
2025
Sterring
Sterring
2025
Die Kwiksilwers
Die Kwiksilwers
2025
Free at Last. Unresolved Stories of Apartheid
Free at Last. Unresolved Stories of Apartheid
2025
Breekpunt
Breekpunt
2025

Where they are

69 of 69 companies have an address precise enough to map.

Busiest companies

The work made in Johannesburg, ZA

Titles
241

Distinct titles from 69 companies

Average rating
7.5

94 rated titles, weighted by votes

Box office
$832m

Combined US gross where reported

Awards

18 Oscar wins · 784 wins across all awards

Genres
  • Drama97 titles
  • Documentary63 titles
  • Comedy49 titles
  • Action33 titles
  • Crime27 titles
Networks
  • Netflix11
  • M-Net8
  • Showmax8
  • SABC 26
  • SABC 35
  • kykNET3
Largest filmographies

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 69 companies

Production companies by state

Alabama 71Alaska 24Arizona 402Arkansas 251California 9105Colorado 436Connecticut 117Delaware 1024District of Columbia 120Florida 626Georgia 420Hawaii 53Idaho 124Illinois 475Indiana 1498Iowa 34Kansas 34Kentucky 63Louisiana 170Maine 57Maryland 130Massachusetts 347Michigan 146Minnesota 105Mississippi 30Missouri 92Montana 40Nebraska 27Nevada 156New Hampshire 37New Jersey 258New Mexico 160New York 2399North Carolina 219North Dakota 11Ohio 200Oklahoma 72Oregon 132Pennsylvania 268Rhode Island 28South Carolina 71South Dakota 15Tennessee 220Texas 609Utah 101Vermont 19Virginia 163Washington 171West Virginia 20Wisconsin 90Wyoming 37
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