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]