Lightbox (production company)

Lightbox is a British documentary film and television production company founded by Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn [pt].

Lightbox

Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Founder	Simon Chinn Jonathan Chinn [pt]
Headquarters	London, UK Los Angeles, U.S.
Products	Films Television series
Website	lightboxent.com

History

Lightbox was founded by cousins Simon and Jonathan Chinn [pt] in 2014.^[1] It is headquartered in both London and Los Angeles.^[2] Originally a member of Channel 4's Indie Growth Fund, it bought back its shares and became fully independent in 2021.^[3] Later that year, it entered into a co-production partnership with Warner Music Group.^[4]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Ref.
2017	War Child	Jamie Roberts	[5]
	LA 92	Dan Lindsay and T. J. Martin	[6]
2018	Whitney	Kevin Macdonald	[7]
	Gypsy's Revenge	Jesse Vile	[8]
2019	Untouchable	Ursula Macfarlane	[9]
	Cajun Navy	James Newton	[10]
	Tell Me Who I Am	Ed Perkins	[11]
2020	Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn	Muta'Ali Muhammand	[12]
2021	Tina	Dan Lindsay and T. J. Martin	[13]
	The Rescue	Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin	[14]
	Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali	Marcus A. Clarke	[15]
	Torn	Max Lowe	[16]
2022	The Princess	Ed Perkins	[17]
2023	Donyale Luna: Supermodel	Nailah Jefferson	[18]
	The Mission	Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss	[19]
	David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived	Dan Hartley	[20]
2024	The Trouble with Mr Doodle	Jaimie D'Cruz and Ed Perkins	[21]
2025	What They Found	Sam Mendes	[22]
	Lost in the Jungle	Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, and Juan Camilo Cruz	[23]

Television series

Year	Title	Network	Ref.
2016	The Traffickers	Fusion TV	[24]
	Captive	Netflix	[25]
2018	Food Exposed with Nelufar Hedayat	Fusion TV	[26]
	Murder Mountain	Netflix	[27]
2021	Hip Hop Uncovered	FX	[28]
	Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine	Showtime	[29]
	Curse of the Chippendales	Discovery+	[30]
	Sophie: A Murder in West Cork	Netflix	[31]
2022	Spector	Showtime	[32]
2023	Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing Predator	Sky Documentaries	[33]
2024	Marilyn Manson: Unmasked	Channel 4	[34]
	Camden	Disney+	[35]
	Gunpowder Siege	Sky History	[36]
2025	Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time	National Geographic	[37]
TBA	Millennium Diamond Heist	Netflix	[38]