Fovrth Studios

What Fovrth Studios does

Fovrth Studios is an independent documentary production studio founded in 2014 and headquartered at 231 Bowery, New York. The studio produces long-form documentaries and 360-degree virtual reality (VR) experiences centered on social justice, social movements, and marginalized voices, and operates as a woman-, LGBTQ+-, and minority-owned business. Its two product lines are documentary production for broadcast and digital platforms (notably Al Jazeera English Fault Lines) and immersive 360/VR media distributed through Oculus, Facebook 360, YouTube, and Vimeo.

The studio is led by a four-person core team: Anna Therese Day (Co-Founder, Executive Producer, Reporter; Forbes 30 Under 30, 2017), Jesse Ayala (Creative Director; Facebook/Oculus Creators Lab for Good), Alan Bucaria (Director and Immersive Lead), and Connor Lonning (Director, Story Producer). The team's prior experience spans Clinton Global Initiative, the United Nations, Al Jazeera, VICE, Teach for America, and major US news clients. Technical production relies on 360/VR capture equipment from partners including Samsung, Ossic, and Ozo Nokia, with post-production support from Flight School.

Fovrth Studios generates revenue through commissioned documentary production fees and social-impact campaign production. It works as a B2B project-based studio, securing engagements directly with media organizations (Al Jazeera English, New York Times, HuffPost/RYOT, VICE, AJ+), technology platforms (Oculus from Facebook, Skype), and nonprofit/NGO partners (UNHCR, Global Citizen, Pride Foundation). No public pricing or subscription model exists; revenue is quote-based per project. The studio has received no institutional investment, has no parent company, and operates independently with no disclosed funding rounds.

Name

Fovrth Studios

Legal name

Fovrth Studios

Website

https://gofovrth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fovrth Studios is a New York-based independent documentary production studio founded in 2014 that produces social-justice long-form documentaries and 360/VR immersive content for media organizations, technology platforms, and nonprofit clients including Al Jazeera English, NYT, Oculus, and UNHCR.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Documentary Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (512110), Motion Picture and Video Production (51211)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Content Production & Co-Creation Studios (BPAFAHAD)

Keywords

• Documentary production
• Immersive media services
• VR content production
• Social impact storytelling
• 360 video production

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commissioned Documentary Production: The studio creates documentaries and immersive content commissioned by media organizations, NGOs, and foundations. Projects are produced for broadcast (Al Jazeera Fault Lines), digital platforms (Huffington Post/RYOT, AJ+), and VR platforms (Oculus from Facebook). Revenue is generated through project fees from clients.
2. Social Impact Campaign Production: Production of branded documentary content for social impact campaigns with nonprofit partners such as UNHCR, Global Citizen, and Future of Storytelling's FoST for Good program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fovrth Studios is a creative documentary production studio that produces commissioned 360-degree and VR documentaries alongside broadcast and digital documentary content. Projects center on social justice, social movements, and social change narratives and are produced for media organizations (Al Jazeera, New York Times, VICE) and nonprofit partners (UNHCR, Global Citizen, Pride Foundation, Oculus from Facebook).

Product overview

Fovrth Studios is a creative documentary studio offering two primary product lines: Documentary Production Services and Immersive Media (360/VR). The studio produces content across three main categories—Broadcast, Digital, and Interactive Media—focusing on stories of social justice, social movements, and social change. Key branded content series include 'Authentically Us: Voices From The Transgender Community' (VR series with Oculus and Pride Foundation), 'Immigrant Voices' (360 docu-series with Global Citizen), and 'Fault Lines' documentary series for Al Jazeera. All work is distributed across broadcast networks (Al Jazeera, AJ+), digital platforms (YouTube, Facebook 360, Hulu), VR platforms (Oculus), and streaming services (Vice, VICE).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Documentary Production Services End-to-end linear documentary production across broadcast and digital platforms, focused on social justice, social movements, and social change storytelling for media and nonprofit clients.
• Immersive Media Production (360/VR) Production of 360-degree video and virtual reality documentaries for VR headsets (Oculus, Facebook 360), streaming platforms (YouTube, Vimeo), and digital news partners, with stories centered on marginalized voices and social impact.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple film festival selections including SXSW, Sheffield, Cannes Marche Du Film, Frameline, Inside Out, Hot Docs, and New Orleans Film Festival

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Oculus from FacebookcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 March 2018Production of 'Authentically Us: Voices from the Transgender Community' VR documentary series. Funded by Pride Foundation with post-production by Flight School.
• Pride FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 March 2018Foundation funding and collaboration for 'Authentically Us: Voices from the Transgender Community' VR series featuring stories from transgender individuals.
• Flight SchoolminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 7 March 2018Post-production partner for 'Authentically Us' VR series, providing specialized VR post-production services.
• Global CitizencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 2017Collaboration on #ImmigrantVoices 360 video campaign exploring immigrant representation in American culture. Fovrth Studios produced episodes including 'Lady Liberty's Lamp' and 'Bamboo' with support from Hewlett Packard, Melcher Media, and Facebook 360.
• Future of Storytelling (FoST)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 2017FoST for Good social impact program pairs nonprofits with studio partners for immersive storytelling experiments. Fovrth Studios collaborated with FoST for Good on the #ImmigrantVoices campaign.
• UNHCRcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2017Production of 'Girls Got IT' 360 immersive campaign documenting technology workshops for young girls near Syrian refugee communities in Lebanon.
• Studio 189minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 September 2016Documentation of Studio 189's women-led fashion brand operations across New York and Ghana, creating VR content 'A Story of Women Makers'.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kartemquin Films: Kartemquin is a long-standing independent documentary production house producing social-issue films (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters). Comparable to Fovrth as a small independent documentary studio with social-justice mission focus, though without the VR specialization.
• Within (Within Unlimited): Within is a leading VR/immersive content brand that produces and distributes VR films and documentaries. Comparable to Fovrth in producing and distributing premium VR documentary content to immersive platforms.
• RYOT (HuffPost/RYOT): RYOT, now part of HuffPost, was an early pioneer of 360/VR documentary journalism and has been both a buyer and producer in the immersive documentary space. Overlaps with Fovrth on the same VR/360 documentary format and editorial buyers (NYT, HuffPost VR).
• Emblematic Group: Emblematic Group is a VR/immersive documentary studio known for VR journalism (e.g., 'After Solitary', 'Welcome to Aleppo'). Directly comparable to Fovrth Studios in format (VR/360 documentary), buyer base (news outlets, NGOs), and small-team production model.
• Atlas V: Atlas V is a dedicated VR/immersive content studio producing narrative-driven immersive experiences. Comparable to Fovrth in producing immersive documentary and narrative content for VR platforms, though Atlas V focuses more on scripted/fictional XR experiences.

Broad incumbents

• Participant Media: Participant is a much larger documentary/film production company focused on social-impact content (An Inconvenient Truth, Roma). Comparable to Fovrth in social-impact documentary specialization but with significantly greater scale, capital, and feature film focus.
• Discovery VR: Discovery's VR/immersive division produced VR documentaries and immersive series (referenced as Alan Bucaria's prior collaborator). Comparable in 360/VR documentary production but operates with the scale of a major media company.
• New York Times VR Team (NYT Mag Immersive): The NYT's in-house VR/immersive team commissions and produces 360 documentaries such as 'Syrian Girls Do Robotics' (which Fovrth produced). Functions both as a peer (VR editorial production) and as an indirect customer/commissioner for boutique VR studios.
• Vice Immersive: Vice's immersive division produced VR documentaries and series (e.g., 'The Tunnels of Gaza' for which Fovrth also produced content). Larger organization with broader content portfolio but overlapping VR/360 documentary capabilities and buyer relationships.
• PBS Digital Studios: PBS Digital Studios produces digital and sometimes immersive documentary-adjacent content for a public-mission audience. Comparable as a documentary distributor/producer serving editorial missions with related distribution/commissioning models.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GoFovrth
• Facebookfacebook.com/goFovrth

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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