Documentary feature films, television series and digital media, built to last.
Primitive Entertainment is an Emmy-nominated, Webby Award-winning producer of documentary feature films, television series and digital media. Over 35 years of producing premium non-fiction content, the studio's work has earned more than 50 awards worldwide.
The company works with leading broadcasters and distributors — including TVO, ARTE, ZDF, NHK, CBC, Crave, France Télévisions, Discovery, ARTV, Explora and History Television — and its documentary feature films have screened at major festivals including TIFF, Berlin, SXSW, Hot Docs, IDFA, Traverse City, Tokyo, Munich, Vancouver, Barcelona, Sydney, CPH:DOX, DOXA and the Museum of Modern Art.
Recent honours include the Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program at the Canadian Screen Awards, the Grand Award at the New York Festivals, the Homeland Earth Award at Silbersalz Science and Media Festival, a Webby Award for Best Individual Documentary, the SXSW Interactive award for Activism, the Earth Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival, two Genie Awards, multiple Gemini Awards, and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Nature Programming.
"Visually stunning and brilliantly conceived."— The Globe and Mail, on the films of Kevin McMahon
Two founders, working across production and direction.
Michael has produced more than twenty feature documentaries and numerous blue-chip documentary series, work that has earned the company more than fifty awards worldwide.
Kevin has directed more than twenty films and produced dozens of hours of non-fiction television. His work has been praised for tackling difficult subjects without shirking their complexity.