Atera Films Competitors

Pulse Films is an award-winning, next generation studio encompassing the development, production, financing and distribution of content across all platforms and for audiences worldwide. The studio, founded by Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford in 2005, is headquartered in London with outposts in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Berlin and Milan. Dedicated to creating moments of culture through storytelling, Pulse Films operates globally under the following divisions: Scripted, Non-Fiction and Commercials & Music Videos. The studio’s TV projects include 2020’s record-breaking and critically acclaimed series GANGS OF LONDON for Sky Atlantic & AMC, global hits THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MADELEINE MCCANN, AZIZ ANSARI RIGHT NOW, and BIKRAM: YOGI, GURU, PREDATOR for Netflix, and Channel 4 documentary HAIR POWER: ME AND MY AFRO with Emma Dabiri. Other credits include BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK for BBC Two and forthcoming scripted drama ATOMIC BAZAAR from Gregory Burke. In 2019 the studio won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Documentary and 2020 the studio’s BEASTIE BOYS STORY documentary directed by Spike Jonze was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards. Pulse Films’ feature film credits include forthcoming feature PIG starring Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Cage, PERFECT directed by Olivia Wilde and Berlin Film Festival audience award winner MOGUL MOWGLI starring Riz Ahmed. The studio also produced 2018’s SKATE KITCHEN from director Crystal Moselle, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Jury Prize winner and BAFTA nominated AMERICAN HONEY, Sundance Award winners THE WITCH and ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS and 2018’s Emmy Nominated NO GREATER LAW for A+E. Pulse Film is also behind culturally defining and award winning music films which includes Beyoncé’s Emmy nominated and Peabody Award winning film LEMONADE, Nick Cave’s BAFTA nominated 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH, LCD Soundsystem’s SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS and London Film Festival hit RUDEBOY: THE STORY OF TROJAN RECORDS.

Blue Sky Films is a full-service video production firm specializing in the creative development of high concept videos. Our state of the art production studio offers all facets of production – from pre-producing, scripting, and storyboarding, to HD cinematography, broadcast quality lighting design, direction for the screen, and advanced motion camera rigs, as well as all aspects of post-production, including editing, custom graphic and animation, narration, audio post production, color correction, online web video creation including streaming, and DVD/Blu-ray authoring. All of this is housed under one roof, and under which you will find a team of talented visual artists working in a high energy, collaborative environment with one common goal – to exceed our clients’ expectations and capture the imagination of their prospective audience.

Wise Owl Films is a multi-award winning team of programme makers from across many different genres of factual and factual entertainment television – from surprising, ob doc series about life in an ever-changing Britain to shows celebrating our popular culture, and social histories revealing untold stories about our nation. Our ‘real world’ projects include the BBC2 series Yorkshire Firefighters, filmed during the pandemic; Channel 4’s Second-Hand For 50 Grand, about the boom in the pre-owned luxury goods market, the Channel 4 property format My Second Hand Home, and the ITV series The Metro: A Rail Life Story. Leaders in shows celebrating popular culture, over the last 20 years the team behind Wise Owl have told the stories of some of the best loved names in music and comedy – from Elvis Presley to Morecambe and Wise - and worked with key talent including Elton John, David Walliams, Trevor McDonald and Peter Kay. Experts in music and social history, we brought When Bob Marley Came To Britain and When Nirvana Came To Britain, to BBC2, revealed hidden archive treasures in Guy Garvey: From The Vaults on Sky Arts and told the story of one of the most influential clubs in British history in BBC2’s 'The Hacienda: The Club That Shook Britain.' In 2022 Wise Owl announced a spin-off division - Hoot, responsible for youth-orientated projects like Box Fresh for Channel 4.O.