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Windfall Films

London, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Windfall Films thrives on creating innovative factual content.

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Who works there

  • David DuganExecutive Chairman Carlo Massarella Chief Ex
  • Carlo MassarellaChief Executive Officer Allison Todd Managin
  • Todd ManagingDirector/ CCO Dan Kendall Creative Director
  • Dan KendallCreative Director Jamie Lochhead Creative Di
  • Jamie LochheadCreative Director Windfall Scotland Maria Fr
  • Windfall ScotlandMaria French Director of Production Leesa Ru

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Statusactive2026 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
5.5IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

14 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
BAFTAs1of1nominations100%

12 wins from 21 nominations across all awards

Box office
$6m

Combined US gross, 1 of 121 titles

Mostly
documentary, history, adventure
Active
1995–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
47%
Best known for
The Hurricane Heist

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 61 of 121 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
4682 seasons

1995–2026

Television rating
7.9IMDb

Their films average 5.2, so the television rates 2.7 higher.

Networks
  • National Geographic6
  • Science5
  • Channel 44
  • 53
  • BBC Two3
  • Discovery3

Across 30 series matched to TMDB, 654 episodes. 11 still returning or in production.

Longest runningModern Times · 12 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.

Credits24 of 123

77 films · 45 TV titles

Titles per year120 titles · busiest 2022 with 14

120 titles across 29 years, averaging 4.1 a year. The last five years average 6.6 a year, above their long-run rate. 8 of those 29 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time14 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 5.5200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 7.1 across 3 titles. 13 of 14 rated titles sit above their 5.5 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Ian Duncan4
  • Tom Cook3
  • Johnny Shipley2
  • Peter Gauvain2
  • Gwyn Williams2
Writers
  • Ian Duncan2
Notable cast
  • Julian Barratt6
  • Demetri Goritsas3
  • Rob Bell2
  • Eric Grove2
  • Steven Kearney2
Genres
  • Documentary56 of 61
  • History11 of 61
  • Adventure3 of 61
  • Short2 of 61
  • Crime2 of 61

Names appearing on two or more of Windfall Films’s produced titles, across the 61 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 Windfall Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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