| White Horse Pictures | |
| Location City: | Beverly Hills, California |
White Horse Pictures is an American film, documentary and television production company founded in 2014.
The company is run by four partners and producers, Nigel Sinclair, Nicholas Ferrall, Jeanne Elfant Festa and Cassidy Hartmann.
White Horse Pictures was founded in 2014 by Nigel Sinclair alongside longtime business partner Guy East with partners Nicholas Ferrall, Jeanne Elfant Festa and Cassidy Hartmann.[1] Sinclair's previous documentaries had included Martin Scorsese’s, which won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for a BAFTA, the Grammy Award-winning No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, the Academy Award-winning Undefeated and the Grammy Award-winning .[2]
White Horse Pictures' first documentary, A Faster Horse, directed by David Gelb, was released in 2015.[3]
In 2016, the team produced and sold worldwide , directed by Ron Howard and written by Mark Monroe, which won a Grammy for Best Music Film and multiple Emmy Awards. The film was Hulu's first documentary acquisition.[4] [5]
White Horse Pictures subsequently produced The Apollo directed by Roger Ross Williams – which opened the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2019 to overwhelming critical acclaim – where upon release on HBO the film was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.[6] The Apollo won Outstanding Documentary at the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[7]
Also in 2019 was Pavarotti, directed by Ron Howard and written by Mark Monroe, which was sold to CBS Films and grossed $8,083,942, becoming one of the top 20 highest-grossing (domestic) concert films of all time.[8] [9] [10]
In 2020, White Horse Pictures produced on HBO, directed by Frank Marshall and written by Mark Monroe where it received critical acclaim and nominations for six Emmy Awards including Outstanding Documentary, winning one.[11]
White Horse Pictures produced Lucy and Desi, directed and produced by Amy Poehler in her documentary directorial debut and written by Mark Monroe, on Amazon Prime Video where it received critical acclaim and was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning two.[12] The 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony represented the third year in a row White Horse Pictures produced a documentary nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary.[13]
In 2024, White Horse Pictures produced the authorized documentary The Beach Boys, directed and produced by Frank Marshall, written by Mark Monroe and distributed by Disney.[14] That same year, White Horse Pictures also released the docuseries Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A. directed and produced by Jamila Wignot about the rise and fall of Stax Records.[15] Both received positive reviews and nominations at the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[16]
Recently, White Horse Pictures has produced an upcoming documentary about the ventriloquist and children's entertainer Shari Lewis and her famous puppet, Lamb Chop, Shari & Lamb Chop, directed Lisa D'Apolito, which debuted at Doc NYC 2023; a documentary on keyboardist, singer and songwriter Billy Preston, Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It directed by Paris Barclay which debuted at SXSW 2024; and an upcoming documentary on beloved actor Gene Wilder directed by Chris Smith.[17] [18] [19] White Horse Pictures is in co-production on a documentary about the Lilith Fair festival directed by Ally Pankiw and produced by Dan Levy.[20]
Documentary
| Year | Film | Director | Distributor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | A Faster Horse | David Gelb | FilmRise | |
| 2016 | Ron Howard | Hulu | ||
| 2019 | The Apollo | Roger Ross Williams | HBO | |
| Pavarotti | Ron Howard | CBS Films | ||
| 2020 | Frank Marshall | HBO | ||
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Amy Poehler | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2024 | The Beach Boys | Frank Marshall | Disney+ |
Television