Lady & Bird Films

Name

Lady & Bird Films

Legal name

Lady and Bird Films LLC

Website

https://ladyandbirdfilms.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Production Deals with Streaming Platforms: Securing development and production deals with major streaming platforms (Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, Disney+) to produce documentary films and series.
2. Broadcast Licensing: Licensing finished documentary content to broadcasters including PBS, Sky Studios, Nat Geo, and Discovery+.
3. Festival Awards and Grants: Receiving funding and awards from film festivals and documentary funds including Sundance, Tribeca, Chicken & Egg Films, Catapult Film Fund.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lady & Bird Films develops, produces, and licenses premium cinematic documentaries and documentary series focused on underrepresented voices through ethical storytelling. The company secures development deals, production financing, and distribution agreements with major streaming platforms (Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, Disney+, Discovery+) and broadcast networks (PBS, Nat Geo, Sky Studios). Its slate includes festival-launched feature documentaries and doc series such as Sirens, Subject, Rebbeca, Speak, Black Barbie, Circus of Books, Unveiled, and Finding the Light.

Product overview

Lady & Bird Films is a Los Angeles and London-based documentary production company founded by Jennifer Tiexiera, Rita Baghdadi, and Camilla Hall. The company produces premium, cinematic documentaries and doc series focused on underrepresented voices. Their portfolio includes feature documentaries (SIRENS, SUBJECT, REBBECA, SPEAK., BLACK BARBIE, FINDING THE LIGHT, CIRCUS OF BOOKS, P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE, A SUITABLE GIRL), documentary series (WILD BOYS: STRANGERS IN TOWN, UNVEILED: SURVIVING LA LUZ DEL MUNDO), and films in production (STALLIONS, SIDELINES, MA LET'S FLY TOGETHER). Their work is distributed through major platforms including Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Nat Geo/Disney+, Paramount+, and PBS, with content appearing at major film festivals such as Sundance and Tribeca.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sirens
• Subject
• Rebbeca
• Speak
• Wild Boys: Strangers in Town
• Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo
• Black Barbie: A Documentary
• Finding the Light (PHOTOGRAPHER Anthology)
• Circus of Books
• P.S. Burn This Letter Please
• A Suitable Girl
• Stallions Documentary following a crew of stallion riders making dreams come true on the coast of Morocco. In production with funding from Chicken & Egg Films, Catapult Film Fund, and Sundance Institute.
• Sidelines Documentary about a team of young Muslim women in Paris who come together to sue the French Federation of Football for the right to wear hijabs on the field. In production.
• MA, Let's Fly Together Documentary following a filmmaker's journey from China to London after discovering her mother's forty years of secret diaries, transforming their unspoken past into a collaborative performance. Directed by Yash Zhang and produced by Camilla Hall. In production with development support from BFI Doc Society, DMZ Doc Support, IDFA Academy, IDFA Project Space, Sheffield MeetMarket, CNEX Chinese Doc Forum, and Docs By The Sea Storytelling Lab.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple Emmy nominations including Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary for Unveiled
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Docs By The Sea Storytelling LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDocs By The Sea Storytelling Lab selected MA, Let's Fly Together for their 2026 program, providing development support.
• IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDFA Academy and IDFA Project Space selected MA, Let's Fly Together for 2025 development programs.
• Sheffield DocFestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSheffield MeetMarket selected MA, Let's Fly Together for 2025.
• CNEX Chinese Doc ForumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNEX Chinese Doc Forum selected MA, Let's Fly Together for 2025.
• Edinburgh PitchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdinburgh Pitch selected MA, Let's Fly Together for 2024.
• Union DocsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion Docs Summer Documentary Lab selected MA, Let's Fly Together for 2024.
• Queer Art Mentorship ProgrammeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQueer Art Mentorship Programme supported MA, Let's Fly Together in 2024.
• In Moment Film Festival / CCDFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn Moment Film Festival selected MA, Let's Fly Together for their CCDF Selection Award program in 2024.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Concordia Studio: Documentary-focused studio founded by Laurene Powell Jobs producing nonfiction film and series (A Thousand Cuts, Dick Johnson Is Dead). Competes for the same streaming platform commissions and prestige festival slots.
• XTR: Documentary production and distribution company producing premium non-fiction for streamers and theatrical. Operates in the same premium documentary space with comparable platform distribution strategy.
• Participant Media: Independent studio producing documentary and narrative films focused on social impact (An Inconvenient Truth, Roma, Food, Inc.). Operates in the same premium documentary space with similar platform/broadcast distribution and award strategy.
• Higher Ground Productions: Barack and Michelle Obama's production company producing premium documentaries and series (American Factory, Crip Camp) for Netflix and other streamers. Directly comparable as a mission-driven documentary shop with deep platform relationships and award-winning output.
• Macro: Film and television company focused on stories from underrepresented perspectives, with documentary and scripted divisions. Directly comparable mission-alignment and target buyer profile (streaming platforms seeking diverse content).
• Kartemquin Films: Chicago-based documentary production company (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters) known for character-driven, social-issue storytelling. Lady & Bird's Operations Manager Stephanie Sunata is a Kartemquin alum, underscoring operational and stylistic comparability.
• Imagine Documentaries: Documentary production arm of Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard, Brian Grazer) producing premium docs and series for Netflix and other platforms. Comparable scale and platform-focused output.

Broad incumbents

• A24: Independent studio with growing documentary division (Moonlight, Ex Machina producers; documentaries like Moonlight Sonata, advocacy titles). Larger incumbent operating across narrative and documentary with comparable indie prestige positioning.
• Participant (formerly Participant Media) — already listed; replacing with Neon: Independent film distributor and producer with significant documentary slate (Honeyland, Collective). Broader incumbent that distributes and co-produces documentary titles alongside narrative features.
• ABC News Studios: In-house documentary production arm of ABC News producing long-form documentaries for Hulu and linear. Competes for streaming/broadcast documentary commissions and represents the broadcaster-owned model against which Lady & Bird competes as an independent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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