Global ImageWorks LLC Information

Established in 2000, Global ImageWorks is a multi-service media business that licenses footage photographs and audio recordings worldwide. GIW also provides a full range of Research, Rights and Clearance services. From pre-production to post, GIW can help you put the pieces together. Visit our newly redesigned, streamlined website at www.globalimageworks.com to search both footage and photos simultaneously. The website was specifically designed by researchers for researchers, with the aim to make searching for elements easy and seamless. The Global ImageWorks’ footage collection encompasses over 60,000 digitized clips and includes both historic and contemporary footage from documentary filmmakers, film collections, travelogues, and a wide variety of other productions. GIW is the exclusive licensing agent for premium collections including The Dick Cavett Show, Austin City Limits, The History of Rock ‘n Roll Interviews, The Films of Robert Mugge, Omnibus and The Harold Lloyd Collection. GIW Photos is a new photo archive with over 180,000 historic and contemporary images that have been carefully curated to complement Global ImageWorks’ footage collections. GIW Photos’ collection spans from the turn of the century to present. Exclusive to GIW Photos is a compelling collection of contemporary global conflict images taken by a veteran war correspondent and photojournalist. GIW Photos contains automotive imagery that covers the entire history of the automobile. Over the past few years GIW’s Research, Rights and Clearance team have worked on several acclaimed projects, including Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years, Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson: From Motown to Off The Wall, Mike Myers’ Supermench: the Legend of Shep Gordon, Brett Morgen’s Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Chicago 10, and The Kid Stays in the Picture, and the acclaimed Netflix series, Narcos.