Protozoa Pictures

Protozoa Pictures
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion picture
Founded1997 (1997)
FounderDarren Aronofsky
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
ProductsFilm Production
Websiteprotozoa.com

Protozoa Pictures is an American production company founded in 1997 by American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, headquartered in New York City. Protozoa has produced award-winning work that spans film, television, documentary, theater, podcasts, books, graphic novels and technology. The company’s output, including Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Jackie and The Whale, has amassed over a dozen Academy Award nominations.

Having previously partnered with Regency Enterprises, HBO and Dimension Films, Protozoa currently has ongoing deals with Disney/NatGeo and Sony for the development of film and TV content. The company has maintained a long-standing collaboration with major studios and distributors, including Fox Searchlight Pictures, Paramount Pictures and A24, while championing independent voices across multimedia narrative formats.