Renowned Films is a London/LA based production company. Producing "mainstream, cut-through, noisy factual, fact-ent, formats, documentaries and branded content with a twist".[clarification needed]

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Renowned Films has produced hundreds of hours of factual, documentary, format and reality television alongside its branded content division that has worked with clients including Adidas, Selfridges, Apple and Beats by Dre. Renowned's recent projects include 'The Peng Life' with the Chicken Connoisseur for Channel 4,[1] 'NYPD Biggest Gang in New York?' for the BBC,[2] 'The Women Who Kill Lions',[3] 'Top Dad with Ashley Walters'[4] and series 3 of 'Random Acts'[5] for Channel 4, as well as Pranksterz for ITV2 [6]

In 2015, Channel 4 took an equity stake in Renowned Films as part of its £20 million Growth Fund,[7] which has seen the company grow and establish itself as one of the fastest growing indie production companies in the UK.[8]

In 2017 Critical Content acquired an undisclosed stake in Renowned with Channel 4 exiting the business.[9] The partnership saw CEO of Critical Content Tom Forman and EVP / CFO Christoph Pachler joining the board.

References

  1. ^ Ruddick, Graham (2017-10-05). "Chicken Connoisseur Elijah Quashie gets his own Channel 4 show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  2. ^ "NYPD: Biggest Gang in New York? - BBC Three". BBC. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  3. ^ Ramaswamy, Chitra (2016-06-30). "The Women Who Kill Lions review – a gut-wrenching look at the senselessness of bloodsports". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. ^ "Top Dad - On Demand - All 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. ^ "Talent line-up announced for new series of Random Acts - Channel 4 - Info - Press". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  6. ^ "ITV". ITV.
  7. ^ "C4 backs its first BAME indie". broadcastnow.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Channel 4 takes equity stake in Renowned Films - Channel 4 - Info - Press". channel4.com.
  9. ^ "Critical buys into Renowned Films - TBI Vision". TBI Vision. 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
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