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| Company type | Production company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
Key people | Scot McFadyen (director/producer) Sam Dunn (director/producer/host) |
| Owner | Scot McFadyen andSam Dunn |
| Website | bangerfilms |
Banger Films is a Canadian film and television production company, which specializes in documentary films and television series on music and culture.[1] The company was launched in 2004 byScot McFadyen andSam Dunn to create and distribute their first film,Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.[1]
The company has since produced theatrical documentaries and television series, as well as live concert DVDs by rock and heavy metal musicians.[2]
In 2011, Banger Films started a YouTube channel, Bangertv. Most of the channel's content for the first four years of its existence were interviews and trailers of documentaries. Starting in 2015, Bangertv started making album reviews (including tag team/no beef reviews) and hosting weekly live streams. They have since also started a "Best of" series for certain years in the history of Heavy Metal. As of February 2022, Bangertv has 334,000 subscribers.[3]
The company's 2014 filmSuper Duper Alice Cooper won theCanadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015.[4]
On September 10, 2021,Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine debuted at the2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Metal: A Headbanger's Journey |
| 2008 | Global Metal |
| 2009 | Iron Maiden: Flight 666 |
| 2009 | Joe Bonamassa: Live from the Royal Albert Hall |
| 2010 | Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage |
| 2011 | Metal Evolution (series) |
| 2011 | Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland |
| 2012 | En Vivo! |
| 2014 | Super Duper Alice Cooper |
| 2015 | Rock Icons (TV series) |
| Satan Lives | |
| 2016 | Hip-Hop Evolution |
| 2017 | Long Time Running |
| 2020 | ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band From Texas |
| 2021 | Triumph - Rock & Roll Machine |
| 2021 | K-Pop Evolution[5] |
| 2021 | This Is Pop |
| 2022 | Sex with Sue |
| 2024 | Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story |
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