Top 30 Documentary Film Influencers in 2026

1. Ken Burns

Bio Making films for nearly 50 years. Instagram Handle @kenlburns Instagram Followers 120.4K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 398 Documentary Film Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Michael Moore

Bio Filmmaker. Writer. Citizen. Check out “The Michael Moore Podcast” on Spotify & Apple & my newsletter at MichaelMoore.com. *****@michaelmoore.com Instagram Handle @michaelfmoore Instagram Followers 981.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Louis Theroux

Bio I write and appear in documentaries. And podcasts. Instagram Handle @officiallouistheroux Instagram Followers 1.8M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Jimmy Chin

Bio NatGeo Photographer || Filmmaker
@thenorthface
@corosglobal
@canonusa
@kpmg
@peakdesign
@yeti *****@jimmychin.com Instagram Handle @jimmychin Instagram Followers 3.4M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Asif Kapadia

Bio Director / Producer / Writer: 70Up, SENNA, AMY, DIEGO MARADONA, 2073, KENNY DALGLISH, THE WARRIOR, FAR NORTH, Mindhunter, CREATURE, FEDERER etc Instagram Handle @asifkapadia1 Instagram Followers 8.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Waad Alkateab

Bio Meru, Free Solo, The Rescue, NYAD, Love + War and Free + Solo Instagram Handle @chaivasarhelyi Instagram Followers 62.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Waad Alkateab

Bio Syrian filmmaker + activist. Founder @actionforsama. My new documentary 🎥 MAYBE TOMORROW
watch Death without Mercy, We Dare To Dream and For Sama. Instagram Handle @waadalkateab Instagram Followers 59.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Maite Alberdi

Bio Hago películas documentales para vivir muchas vidas junto a la mía. @micromundofilms es mi productora. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @maitealberdi Instagram Followers 78.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Matthew Heineman

Bio I make films: Cartel Land, City of Ghosts, A Private War, Trade, Boy from Medellín, Tiger, The First Wave, Retrograde, American Symphony, The Savant Instagram Handle @mheineman Instagram Followers 20.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. RaMell Ross

Bio liberated documentarian, RI-AL Instagram Handle @ramellross Instagram Followers 15.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Roger Ross Williams

Bio Director of Cassandro, Life Animated, The Apollo, High On The Hog, The 1619 Project, God Loves Uganda, Stamped From The Beginning, Music by Prudence *****@rogerrosswilliams.com Instagram Handle @rogerrosswilliams Instagram Followers 11.9K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Ondi Timoner

Bio I love freedom, cameras, & people who take on the impossible. Instagram Handle @onditimoner Instagram Followers 9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. S. Leo Chiang

Bio Doc filmmaker 🇹🇼+🇺🇸.
Latest: “Island in Between” WATCH NOW on @nytopinion Op-Docs👇🏽 *****@walking-iris.com Instagram Handle @sleochiang Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Brent E. Huffman

Bio Documentary Filmmaker/Professor and Director of Doc Journalism at @northwesternu Passionate about human rights and social justice. New doc in Yemen. *****@germancamera.com Instagram Handle @brent_huffman Instagram Followers 19.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Mohammad Javad Rahimi

Bio D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M M A K E R | عکاس و مستندساز *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mostanadiom Instagram Followers 17.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Mattia Mura Vannuzzi

Bio 📹 Documentary Filmmaker, Festival Director
🌉 Building Bridges, Sharing Moments
💡 @cecinema.festival, @zaufilmfest
⬇️ Let's connect! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mr7eth Instagram Followers 8.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Nana Yaw Asiedu

Bio Film || Documentaries|| Advert
Award Winning Filmmaker
Decade of experience
Available to travel
📍Ghana,Accra *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @asiedutheartist Instagram Followers 6.6K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Duncan Parker

Bio Cinematographer
Wildlife | Documentary | Environmental
👇🏼 Sign up to Wildlife Filmmaking Course *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @duncanparker_camera Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Elisheva Hudson

Bio Documentary filmmaker | Bet Shemesh, Israel
Strategic + creative storytelling
Israeli stories → American audiences
Jewish nonprofits + social impact *****@hudsonfilmsdocustory.com Instagram Handle @hudson_films_docustory Instagram Followers 1.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Josh Etheridge

Bio Josh Etheridge
Director/DP
JEFILMS owner
VOIDFILMLAB co-owner *****@joshetheridge.tv Instagram Handle @joshetheridgefilm Instagram Followers 5.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Chris Parkhurst

Bio *****@barangfilms.com Instagram Handle @chris_g_parkhurst Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Lawrence Gray

Bio Watch our documentaries on the history of Malaysia:
https://YouTube.com/goodnessgrays
And read Liminal Britain: https://lawrencegray.substack.com *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lwgray Instagram Followers 642 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Jack Lawes

Bio Creating art. Filming stories.
📍Dahab, Egypt
🎥 @outlawesfilms
👇Latest film *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jack.lawes Instagram Followers 2.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Hosein Malakooti

Bio ➡️Sound recordist🎙🎚🎛
➡️Cameraman🎥📹📸
➡️Editor💻🖥📼
▶️cinema📽🎞
🇮🇷حسین ملکوتی🇮🇷
📲09198518991📱 Instagram Handle @hoseinmalakooti Instagram Followers 1.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Philip Bloom

Bio London based award winning filmmaker
Trying my best to give back
Silly-sarcastic-grumpy-honest
Cats-Cameras-Cats
😺@1man5cats
⬇️My important links⬇️ *****@philipbloom.net Instagram Handle @philipbloom Instagram Followers 185.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male philipbloom.net/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

26. Kezia Jauron Evolotus

Bio PR for animal rights nonprofits and campaigns, vegan companies, documentaries, books. Parents of beagles freed from vivisection. Posts by Kezia. *****@evolotuspr.com Instagram Handle @evolotus Instagram Followers 987 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Alina Navarrete

Bio ☼ protecting the wild one adventure at a time
☼ latina photographer + filmmaker
☼ ultra runner for @sendbars *****@alinaoutdoors.co Instagram Handle @alinaoutdoors Instagram Followers 961 Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Tosin Adeleye

Bio https://youtu.be/59fnAuvYjREfeature=shared *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tosin_adeleye Instagram Followers 4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Frank Vilaca

Bio Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess, except one thing. Your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. Instagram Handle @kolaporekid Instagram Followers 926 Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact