Villon Films – Films, stills and more

Peter Davis began producing and distributing award-winning socio-political documentary films and photography independently in 1962. He founded Villon Films in 1970.

With a strong focus on socio-political documentary, the Villon collection spans such issues as government, history, ecology, culture, health and science, biography, and the apartheid period of South African history, among others. We have over 400 film titles and c.5,000 still images in the archive. Many more are offline.

Villon licenses stills and footage material to a wide variety of users in the Film & TV sector, education, academia, museums and galleries, publishing, printing, and for personal research. More information about licensing can be found on the contact pages.

Peter Davis (1933-2025)