American production company
Protozoa Pictures is an Americanproduction company founded in 1997 by American filmmakerDarren Aronofsky ,[ 1] headquartered inNew York City . Protozoa has produced award-winning work that spans film, television, documentary, theater, podcasts, books, graphic novels and technology. The company’s output, includingRequiem for a Dream ,The Wrestler ,Black Swan ,Jackie andThe Whale , has amassed over a dozenAcademy Award nominations. It also producedPostcard from Earth , an inaugural show for the Las Vegas Sphere that has sold 4 million tickets and earned over 500 million dollars.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The company is named after a short film Aronofsky made in 1993, and also reflects his interest in exploring the fundamental aspects of human existence, often delving into themes of obsession, transformation, and the struggle for identity. The name also derives from thesingle-celled eukaryotes of the same name , which are depicted in the company's logo.
Having previously partnered withRegency Enterprises ,[ 5] HBO [ 6] andDimension Films ,[ 7] Protozoa currently has ongoing deals withDisney /NatGeo [ 8] andSony [ 9] for the development of film and TV content. The company has maintained a long-standing collaboration with major studios and distributors, includingSearchlight Pictures ,[ 10] Paramount Pictures [ 11] andA24 ,[ 12] while championing independent voices across multimedia narrative formats.
Year Film Director Production company(s) Distributor 1998 Pi Darren Aronofsky — Artisan Entertainment 2000 Requiem for a Dream 2002 Below David Twohy Dimension Films Miramax Films 2006 The Fountain Darren Aronofsky Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. 2008 The Wrestler Wild Bunch Fox Searchlight Pictures 2010 Black Swan Cross Creek Pictures /Phoenix Pictures /Dune Entertainment 2012 2 Days in New York Julie Delpy Magnolia Pictures 2014 Noah Darren Aronofsky Regency Enterprises Paramount Pictures 2015 Zipper Mora Stephens — Alchemy 2016 Jackie Pablo Larraín LD Entertainment / Wild Bunch /Why Not Productions /Bliss Media Fox Searchlight Pictures 2017 Aftermath Elliott Lester MoviePass Films / Grindstone Entertainment GroupLionsgate Premiere Mother! Darren Aronofsky — Paramount Pictures 2018 White Boy Rick Yann Demange Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing 2020 Some Kind of Heaven Lance Oppenheim The New York Times /Los Angeles Media Fund / 30WestMagnolia Pictures 2021 Catch the Fair One Josef Kubota Wladyka The Population IFC Films 2022 The Territory Alex Pritz Real Lava,TIME Studios ,XTR ,Passion Pictures , Documist National Geographic Documentary Films The Whale Darren Aronofsky A24 A24 The Good Nurse Tobias Lindholm FilmNation Entertainment Netflix 2023 Postcard from Earth Darren Aronofsky Sphere Studios Sphere Entertainment Co. 2024 Viktor Olivier Sarbil Impact Partners ,Time Studios ,Newen Studios , Real Lava2025 Holding Liat Brandon Kramer Meridian Hill Pictures,Kartemquin Films Lowland Kids Sandra Winther Real Lava, Misfits Entertainment,Passion Pictures , MBK, Evoke Media,Minderoo Pictures , RandomGood Films Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing TBA Adrift Darren Aronofsky Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer /Blumhouse Productions / Paradox / Paper PicturesAmazon MGM Studios Nothing, Except Everything Wesley Wang TriStar Pictures [ 13] Sony Pictures Releasing
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