Unison Films is an Academy Award® winning film production and distribution company launched by CEO Emanuel Michael in 2004.

Unison Films originated, produced, and distributed the international hit film WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, written and directed by Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”). WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS was also converted into the Emmy-Award winning hit TV show of the same name on FX network and Hulu for five (5) seasons. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS was Unison’s third produced film of Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi (“Thor: Ragnarok”), following Unison’s cult hit EAGLE VS. SHARK distributed by Miramax and New Zealand's all-time highest grossing box office film, BOY, which Unison produced and distributed itself. Unison also developed and produced the Academy Award® winning documentary INOCENTE directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Fine which was aired on the MTV network.

Other Unison producing credits include: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY starring Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain, Golden Globe nominee James McAvoy, Academy Award® winner William Hurt, Academy Award® winner Viola Davis, Isabelle Huppert, Ciarán Hinds, and Bill Hader. Yaron Zilberman’s A LATE QUARTET starring Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Academy Award® winner Christopher Walken and two-time Academy Award® nominee Catherine Keener; GREAT EXPECTATIONS directed by BAFTA winner Mike Newell (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”), starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes and two-time Academy Award® nominee Helena Bonham Carter; 360 helmed by Academy Award® nominated director Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”), starring Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins, Academy Award® nominee Jude Law, and Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz.