National Geographic Documentary Films is committed to bringing the world premium documentaries that cover timely, provocative and globally relevant stories from the very best documentary filmmakers in the world.
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Contact & details
How their work is rated
29 rated titles, weighted by votes
| Oscars | 1 | of | 3 | nominations | 33% |
| Emmys | 4 | of | 10 | nominations | 40% |
| BAFTAs | 0 | of | 2 | nominations | 0% |
256 wins from 665 nominations across all awards
Combined US gross, 12 of 52 titles
- Mostly
- documentary, history, biography
- Active
- 2004–2026
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 95%
- Best known for
- Free Solo
Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 41 of 52 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
2020–2026
- National Geographic2
Across 2 series matched to TMDB, 11 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.
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 54
45 films · 7 TV titles
Time and Water
2026 · Film
Produced
Everest: The Other Side
2026 · Film
Produced
Mysteries of Ancient Medicine
2026 · TV
Produced
Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols
2025 · TV
Produced
Love+War
2025 · Film
Produced
Sally
2025 · Film
Produced
Lost in the Jungle
2025 · Film
Produced
Close Encounters of the Wild Kind
2025 · TV
Produced
The Tale of Silyan
2025 · Film
Produced
Blink
2024 · Film
Produced
Fly
2024 · Film
Produced
Postcards From Goa
2024 · TV
Produced
The Real Red Tails
2024 · Film
Produced
Wild Life
2023 · Film
Produced
The Mission
2023 · Film
Produced
The Space Race
2023 · Film
Produced
Fire of Love
2022 · Film
Produced
We Feed People
2022 · Film
Produced
The Territory
2022 · Film
Produced
Construction Fails
2022 · TV
Produced
Retrograde
2022 · Film
Produced
The Flagmakers
2022 · Film
Produced
The Rescue
2021 · Film
Produced
Becoming Cousteau
2021 · Film
Produced
52 titles across 24 years, averaging 2.2 a year. The last five years average 4.4 a year, above their long-run rate. 10 of those 24 years carry no credit on file.
Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.0 across 9 titles. 3 of 29 rated titles sit above their 7.8 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.
Who they work with
- Jimmy Chin4
- Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi4
- Cristina Costantini3
- Sara Dosa2
- Ron Howard2
- Sara Dosa2
- Jocelyne Chaput2
- Erin Casper2
- Cristina Costantini2
- Mark Monroe2
- Documentary37 of 41
- History6 of 41
- Biography6 of 41
- Short4 of 41
- Sci-Fi2 of 41
Names appearing on two or more of National Geographic Documentary Films’s produced titles, across the 41 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 National Geographic Documentary Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.
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