Vulcan Productions is an independent film production company founded by Paul G. Allen to originate, develop and finance innovative film projects. Under the direction of president and executive producer Jo Lynn Allen, the company aspires to the highest level of achievement in both feature and documentary filmmaking.

The Feature Films Group is dedicated to financing and producing films noted for their great storytelling, artistic merit, and long-term commercial success. Vulcan Productions' films include Where God Left His Shoes, Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas, Hard Candy, and Far From Heaven.

The Documentary Productions Group is committed to disseminating knowledge through the powerful medium of documentary filmmaking. Film subjects range from the latest advances in science, medicine and technology to explorations of culture. The group's mission is to produce documentaries with substantive value and enduring significance, inspiring audiences to understand the world around them, respond to its challenges, and effect lasting change.

Our most recent documentary production is the Peabody Award-winning Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial. Other award-winning films and series from the documentary group include Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge; No Direction Home: Bob Dylan; Strange Days on Planet Earth; Black Sky: The Race For Space, and Black Sky: Winning the X Prize; Lightning in a Bottle; The Blues and Evolution.