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Library Films

Milwaukee, Wisconsin(approximate location)

Library Films, helmed by director Chris Smith, produces and finances premiere documentary projects. Chris Smith’s projects include the Emmy-nominated documentaries JIM & ANDY, FYRE, TIGER KING, and Emmy-winning 100 FOOT WAVE (Best Non-Fiction Series 2025). His first documentary AMERICAN MOVIE won the Grand Jury prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Other projects include the feature OPERATION VARSITY BLUES and the series BAD VEGAN, along with “Sr.”, BRANSON, BAFTA-nominated WHAM!, HOLLYWOOD CON QUEEN and DEVO. His next project will be a series on tennis legend Andre Agassi.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film · Documentary
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Websitelibraryfilms.com
Emailoffice@libraryfilms.com
Social
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Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

26 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys2of7nominations29%
BAFTAs0of2nominations0%

45 wins from 119 nominations across all awards

Box office
$2m

Combined US gross, 6 of 35 titles

100 Foot Wave poster
Highest rated
100 Foot Wave
2021
8.13,190 votes
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story poster
Lowest rated
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
2025
2.71,364 votes
Mostly
documentary, crime, biography
Active
1996–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Best known for
Fyre

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 33 of 35 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
910 seasons

2019–2026

Television rating
6.8IMDb

Their films average 7.2, so the television rates 0.4 lower.

Networks
  • Netflix4
  • HBO3
  • Prime Video1
  • Apple TV1

Across 9 series matched to TMDB, 51 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Longest running100 Foot Wave · 3 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 37

26 films · 9 TV titles

Titles per year34 titles · busiest 2024 with 6

34 titles across 28 years, averaging 1.2 a year. The last five years average 3.2 a year, above their long-run rate. 10 of those 28 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time25 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
2468their average 7.2200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.3 across 4 titles. The 19 titles since 2016 average 7.1, holding at their 7.2 overall. 9 of 25 rated titles sit above their 7.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Chris Smith14
  • Bryan Storkel2
  • Dan Ollman2
  • Sarah Price2
Writers
  • Chris Smith3
  • Randy Russell2
Genres
  • Documentary30 of 33
  • Crime9 of 33
  • Biography8 of 33
  • Music3 of 33
  • Comedy3 of 33

Names appearing on two or more of Library Films’s produced titles, across the 33 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 with11 companies

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

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