Production CompanyFilmDocumentaryTelevision

Cowboy Films

London, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Cowboy Films is an independent TV and Film production company. BAFTA Academy Award. Documentary Short Film Television Feature Film.

From their site

Images from Cowboy Films’s own website.

Who works there

  • Charles SteelProducer
  • Alasdair FlindProducer
  • David HarwoodAssociate Producer
  • Harry LanghamDevelopment Executive

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film · Documentary · Television
Founded1986company website
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Websitecowboyfilms.co.uk
Emailinfo@cowboyfilms.co.uk
Phone+44 (0) 203 434 4415
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

10 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars2of2nominations100%
BAFTAs1of2nominations50%

80 wins from 138 nominations across all awards

Box office
$20m

Combined US gross, 4 of 18 titles

Mostly
drama, short, history
Active
1996–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Best known for
The Last King of Scotland

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 13 of 18 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
25 seasons

2011–2019

Networks
  • Channel 41

Across 1 series matched to TMDB, 8 episodes.

Longest runningTop Boy · 5 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.

Credits19

17 films · 2 TV titles

  • 2026 · Film

    Produced

  • 2025 · Film

    Produced

  • 2021 · Film

    Produced

  • 2019 · TV

    Produced

  • 2016 · Film

    Produced

  • 2015 · Film

    Produced

  • 2014 · Film

    Produced

  • 2013 · Film

    Produced

  • 2012 · Film

    Produced

  • 2011 · TV

    Produced

  • 2011 · Film

    Produced

  • 2008 · Film

    Produced

  • 2008 · Film

    Produced

  • 2006 · Film

    Produced

  • 2003 · Film

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  • 2003 · Film

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  • 2001 · Film

    Produced

  • 1996 · Film

    Produced

  • 1992 · Film

    Produced

Titles per year17 titles · busiest 2003 with 2

17 titles across 26 years, averaging 0.7 a year. The last five years hold at 0.4 a year. 12 of those 26 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time10 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.2200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.3 across 4 titles. The 7 titles since 2007 average 7.2, holding at their 7.3 overall. 4 of 10 rated titles sit above their 7.3 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Kevin Macdonald4
Writers
  • Jeremy Brock2
Genres
  • Drama10 of 14
  • Short4 of 14
  • Thriller3 of 14
  • History2 of 14
  • Adventure2 of 14

Names appearing on two or more of Cowboy Films’s produced titles, across the 14 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 with9 companies

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

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