LIGHTBOX is a multi-platform media company, founded by Academy Award winning producer Simon Chinn and Emmy Award winning producer Jonathan Chinn.
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22 Sep 2025
We are thrilled that What They Found has been nominated for Best History Documentary and The Trouble with Mr Doodle has been nominated for Best Arts and Music Documentary in the 2025 Grierson Documentary Awards!
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14 Aug 2025
We have 100% on Rotten Tomatoes! We couldn't be prouder of this one. Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, streaming on Disney and Nat Geo.
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27 Jun 2025
Excited to share the trailer for @lightboxent’s new series, made with Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media. Congrats to the team!
26 Jun 2025
In the face of overwhelming loss, the people of New Orleans came together as a community and refused to be broken.
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time premieres Sunday, July 27 at 8/7c on National Geographic. Stream soon on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.
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27 Jul 2025
“the series is a devastatingly precise illustration of systemic failure, political impotence and media distortion”. Drops on Nat Geo channel 27 July and Disney on 28 July theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
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8 Apr 2025
We are very proud of this one. What They Found, now streaming on BBC Iplayer
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4 Nov 2024
The first episode of our three-part scripted series Gunpowder Siege airs on @SkyUK tonight (9pm GMT)!
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23 Sep 2024
#GriersonAwards nominated entries for Best Arts Documentary bit.ly/4dgy17I
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12 Sep 2024
Our doc, Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion was named one of four picks across television, film and podcasting that examine dark stories about some of the most trendy clothing brands.
nytimes.com/2024/09/11/arts/…
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Premium docs specialist Lightbox is moving into drama with Gunpower Siege, a scripted series for Sky History in the UK that promises to reveal the gripping truth behind the Gunpowder Plot.
Chuku Modu (Game of Thrones) leads the cast deadline.com/2024/09/sky-his…
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25 Jul 2024
The #NewsEmmys and #DocEmmys Nominees for Technical Excellence and Promotional Announcement are:
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25 Jul 2024
The #DocEmmys Nominees for Social Issue Documentary are:
- Anonymous Sister @AnonSisterFilm (anonymoussister.com)
- David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (@HBO @StreamOnMax)
- @EatYourCatfish | POV (@PBS)
- Every Body (@NBC)
- Sound of the Police (@hulu)
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25 Jul 2024
The #NewsEmmys and #DocEmmys Nominees for Music Composition and Sound are:
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25 Jul 2024
The #NewsEmmys and #DocEmmys Nominees for Directing and Editing are:
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25 Jul 2024
Over the moon with 5 Emmy nominations! 2 for The Mission and 3 for David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived!
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CAMDEN!! this is a big full circle moment for me and i'm so proud to be an executive producer on a new original documentary series that celebrates the very place I started everything!!! Camden will always have a special place in my heart and I'm humbled to share that with some of my absolute musical heroes ~ SAVE THE DATE because we'll be streaming from 29 May, exclusively on @DisneyPlusUK and @hulu 🔐⛓️❤️
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16 May 2024
Realscreen’s Global 100 Top Tens: Producers pick their peers.
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10 May 2024
National Geographic has ordered a feature-length single from The Mission indie Lightbox exploring the story of how four children survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle.
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6 May 2024
Realscreen kicks off Global 100 Top Tens with top doc shops.
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7 May 2024
"Purveyors of premium doc projects Simon and Jonathan Chinn continued a strong run that has lasted a decade with projects for HBO and Sky, among others."
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4 Apr 2024
#BrandyHellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion, an @HBO Original Documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Eva Orner, premieres April 9 on @StreamOnMax.
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