True Story Productions is a Los Angeles-based production company founded by acclaimed journalist and filmmaker Nick Bilton. The company specializes in transforming complex, high-stakes true stories into riveting documentaries and scripted series that captivate audiences and spark cultural conversations.
Drawing on Bilton's investigative journalism background and storytelling expertise, True Story Productions has established itself as a leading force in premium nonfiction content. The company's work explores the intersection of technology, crime, ambition, and human nature—from cryptocurrency heists and Silicon Valley scandals to social media culture and corporate power struggles.
True Story Productions has earned critical acclaim and industry recognition, including an Emmy Award for HBO's The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, which exposed the Theranos fraud. Recent releases include Netflix's three-part docuseries Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies, and Scandal and HBO's Fake Famous, which pulled back the curtain on influencer culture.
Currently, the company is producing multiple high-profile projects, including a scripted series about the "Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde" crypto heist in partnership with LuckyChap Entertainment, and a three-part docuseries on the tumultuous founding of Twitter for Netflix, based on Bilton's bestselling book Hatching Twitter. True Story is also developing a film and book about the Hawaiian mafia in the 1960s-70s in collaboration with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, set to be directed by Martin Scorsese.
With over a dozen projects in development with partners including LuckyChap Entertainment, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros, and Netflix, True Story Productions continues to bring untold stories to life—stories that are stranger, more compelling, and more relevant than fiction.
