Movie Knights

What Movie Knights does

Movie Knights Productions LLC is an independent film production company founded in 2015 by Dalton Burdette and Nick Iarriccio, both UCF alumni, headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company produces short films — its catalog includes No More Safe Haven (2017), The Long Hard Day, Contrition (2019), The Local (2021), and Quiver (2024) — across the thriller, action, comedy, and drama genres, all directed by Burdette. The productions have accumulated 20+ film festival awards across U.S. regional festivals since 2015.

The company's technology stack is non-proprietary: standard film production equipment and editing software, with content distributed via YouTube (5.21K subscribers), Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. The second product line is 'The Roundtable' (also referenced as The Movie Knights Roundtable), a weekly podcast covering film history, craft, and reviews, hosted by both founders and published approximately three times per week, with 1,100+ episodes cumulatively. The company also offers production services for external film projects via a public contact form, though no client logos or contract values are disclosed.

The business model is direct-to-consumer, ad-supported content distribution combined with ad-hoc professional production services. There is no priced product, no subscription SaaS, no institutional funding, and the company operates as a privately held LLC with two disclosed core team members. Go-to-market is organic content marketing across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn, with no formal sales motion. The company's primary customer segment is independent film enthusiasts and film criticism audiences — a horizontal persona rather than a defined B2B buyer.

Name

Movie Knights

Legal name

Movie Knights Productions LLC

Website

https://movieknightsproductions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Movie Knights Productions is an Orlando-based independent film production company founded in 2015 by two UCF alumni, producing award-winning short films and a weekly film criticism podcast (The Roundtable) distributed via YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts to independent film enthusiasts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Film Production Services: Production services for external film projects. Contact page indicates availability for production inquiries.
2. YouTube/Podcast Content Revenue: Likely generates ad revenue from YouTube views and podcast listenership, though not explicitly stated.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Movie Knights Productions is an independent film production company that produces award-winning short films and operates a film-focused podcast. The studio has released five short films since 2015 across thriller, action, comedy, and drama genres, and publishes The Roundtable podcast featuring film reviews, reactions, and craft discussions at roughly three episodes per week.

Product overview

Movie Knights Productions is an independent film production company that operates as a multi-platform entertainment studio producing short films and distributing content through video and audio channels. Its core offerings include award-winning short films (Quiver, The Local, Contrition, The Long Hard Day, No More Safe Haven) and The Roundtable podcast. Content is distributed primarily through YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, with films released at approximately one per year since 2015.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Roundtable: Weekly podcast featuring deep-dives into film history, craft, and passionate discussions on classics to new releases. Hosted by Dalton Burdette & Nick Iarriccio.

Products and services

• Short Films (Quiver, The Local, Contrition, The Long Hard Day, No More Safe Haven) Award-winning short films produced since 2015 across genres including Thriller, Action, Comedy, and Drama. Films include Quiver (2024), The Local (2021), Contrition (2019), The Long Hard Day (Comedy), and No More Safe Haven (2017). Distributed free on YouTube for film enthusiasts and independent cinema audiences.
• The Roundtable Podcast Weekly podcast featuring deep-dives into film history, craft, and passionate discussions on classics to new releases. Hosted by Dalton Burdette and Nick Iarriccio, available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts with approximately 1.1K episodes published at a rate of 3 episodes per week.
• Film Production Services Production services offered to external clients for film projects, with availability indicated through the company's contact page for production inquiries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20+ film festival awards achieved since 2015

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Dust: Dust is a sci-fi short film channel and platform on YouTube that curates and produces award-winning short-form content. It is a direct peer in the short-film distribution and audience-building business.
• Wong Fu Productions: Wong Fu Productions is an independent short-film and digital content studio that built an audience on YouTube. It is directly comparable as a creator-founded short-film studio monetizing through digital-first distribution.
• Crypt TV: Crypt TV produces short horror and thriller films distributed primarily through YouTube. Like Movie Knights, it operates as a creator-led short-film studio targeting digital-native audiences, making it a directly comparable peer in short-form video production.
• Short of the Week: Short of the Week is a curation platform for short films with editorial reviews, analogous to Movie Knights' combination of short film production and critical commentary.
• Corridor Digital: Corridor Digital is a creator-led production studio that produces short films, VFX content, and YouTube-first entertainment. Its dual model of short films plus high-frequency YouTube content matches Movie Knights' film-plus-podcast structure.
• Film Threat: Film Threat is an indie film review and criticism outlet with a long-running podcast, directly comparable to The Roundtable's film criticism and review function.
• Omeleto: Omeleto curates and distributes short films from independent creators on its own YouTube channel and website. Its model of acquiring rights to indie short films and building a YouTube audience mirrors Movie Knights' approach to indie short-form content.

Broad incumbents

• Collider: Collider is a large entertainment media company producing film reviews, podcasts, and video content at scale. Its film criticism podcast and video properties serve the same audience Movie Knights targets but at significantly greater scale.
• Studio71: Studio71 is a large multi-channel network that provides production, distribution, and monetization support to digital creators including short-film creators. It is a broader incumbent in the creator support ecosystem Movie Knights operates in.

Emerging players

• No Film School: No Film School is an indie filmmaker education and news platform. It is a comparable peer in serving independent film creators, though it focuses on education rather than original production.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MovieKnights
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/movie-knights-productions-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/movieknightsproductions
• TikToktiktok.com/@movieknights
• Xx.com/knights_movie
• Facebookfacebook.com/movieknights

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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