CALICO is a 100% BIPOC-owned, award-winning production company + branded agency dedicated to authentic + impactful storytelling through inventive filmmaking.
The brainchild of filmmaker Danny Lee, CALICO is a 100% BIPOC-owned, award-winning production company + branded agency dedicated to authentic + impactful storytelling through inventive filmmaking. In TV + film, CALICO has produced projects for Hulu, Netflix, Showtime, ESPN, PBS, Spotify, Red Bull TV, Fuse, and Uninterrupted. In branded, CALICO has produced content for Nike, Nissan, Head & Shoulder
The brainchild of filmmaker Danny Lee, CALICO is a 100% BIPOC-owned, award-winning production company + branded agency dedicated to authentic + impactful storytelling through inventive filmmaking. In TV + film, CALICO has produced projects for Hulu, Netflix, Showtime, ESPN, PBS, Spotify, Red Bull TV, Fuse, and Uninterrupted. In branded, CALICO has produced content for Nike, Nissan, Head & Shoulder
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HGTV to Launch Digital Original Series 'Freestyled' Starring Adar Kirkham
The new digital-original series will be available at HGTV.com/freestyled, and on HGTV's YouTube channel HGTV Handmade, beginning July 24, 2022.
Yes, we do design shows! Peep our new HGTV series FREESTYLED, featuring our sister + DIY designer Adar Kirkham. Premieres 7/24!
DIY designer Adar Kirkham brings her interior design skills to this new series, Freestyled! With a small budget and just 24 hours, Adar completely revamps ro...
Happy Air Max Day! Taking it back to our seminal documentary on this seminal sneaker in global culture #TheStoryofAirMax 👟
Congrats to NBA legend Chris Bosh who was recently inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame . CALICO just dropped this inspirational piece with Chris and his son Jackson, as they take a trip around LA to drop jewels + valuable life lessons to kids in the inner-city. Produced in partnership with SLAM and Lexus . Click link to watch https://youtu.be/e8ADZg3O1xE.
Many thanks to Crete Academy Watts Skills Academy Danny Lee Janice Chen, Columbia Tatone, Chris Saul, Kyle Wright, James Little, Monique Jackson, Malik Aziz, Gene Lee and Cal Laird
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As an Asian American owned company, Calico is passionate to bring you #AsIAm, a new doc series spotlighting diverse Asian Americans for Snap Originals. Each episode follows a central character as they share their culture and history, and open up about their efforts to challenge and break down stereotypes, address ongoing discrimination, hate crimes, and terrorism. The series features Sherry Cola, China Mac Shibo Bruce Wang, Dino Ray, Eva Young, Jenna Dupuy and more. Much love to our director Alice Gu and our production partners Barcroft Studios. The series premieres May 28th, only on Snapchat 🇵🇭🇰🇷🇹🇭🇯🇵🇨🇳🇮🇳🇻
EXCLUSIVE: Snapchat’s parent company Snap has commissioned UK producer Barcroft Studios and BIPOC-owned CALICO to make As I Am, an original series spotlighting the stories of Asian Americans.…
The paradigm shift to total streaming dominance continues... 🖥
WarnerMedia didn’t have to wait until Wonder Woman 1984 debuted both on HBO Max and in theaters: The Burbank, CA-based studio is putting its entire 2021 theatrical slate on HBO Max for their …
Episode 4 or #TheStoryofDunk! 👟👟👟
The Story of Dunk: "Collabs" highlights how the Dunk was the perfect canvas for artists, musicians, and influencers to create unique and eventually highly so...
Episode 3 of #TheStoryofDunk! 🛹🛹🛹
The Story of Dunk: "SB Dunk Phenomenon" tells the story of how the Dunk was adopted by Nike SB, which ignited its worldwide frenzy for the once forgotten sho...
episode 2 of #TheStoryOfDunk 🛹
The Story of Dunk "Pro B to SB" unearths the ways pre-SB era of Dunks were affecting the culture, from how Pro B led to the SB Dunks that are pervasive in sn...
Our new Nike 6-part doc series "The Story of Dunk" has arrived 🏀🛹👟
The Story of Dunk: "Origins" sheds light on Dunk’s performance origins on the court and what led it to becoming an icon coveted by sneakerheads everywhere. D...
Filming in the age of COVID. That’s Jonathan Higgins on the right, our COVID officer in Chicago, who was on point, showered us with hand sanitizer, and ultimately kept us safe AF 🙅🏻♂️🦠
Jason Collins didn't come out until he was 34 years old. That's a long time to live a lie. He's the subject of the new episode of our series "Defining Moments" on Hulu. Calico is a proud ally to all underrepresented voices and committed to supporting everyone's truth, and we hope each story like this gets you closer to your own truth 🙌
Here's an interesting read on what the near future of the entertainment business may look like 🎞
Production, exhibition, and good old fashion power are all being violently uprooted in tinsel town and where we land twelve months from…
Watch the teaser for our Hulu originals documentary on Sophia Chang aka the first Asian in hip-hop 💿
Episode 2 of our Hulu Originals series, "Defining Moments" is now streaming. This one is on the extraordinary story of Amy Purdy. Like Amy's story, we will get through these challenging times stronger than ever 🙏
"Isolation-worthy" might be the best complement we've ever received 🙏
Nike has dropped a new documentary dedicated to the Air Max.
The trailer for our new documentary, "The Story of Air Max: 20 to 2090", exploring the legacy of the beloved Air Max, and how the sneaker and subcultures around the world are forever enmeshed ⛅️
Stream the premiere episode of #DefiningMoments with Dominique Jackson, star of Pose FX, on Hulu now ☄️
She's the star of the trailblazing show Pose, but this fierce transgender model and actress wasn’t always the epitome of confidence. Don't miss Dominique Jac...
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Process is half of the art. Featuring Sophia Chang 🙌
HIRING: Editors, Story Producers, and AP's for a new premium documentary series for Hulu. Please send note/credits to: [email protected] 💡
The reviews of Apple TV➕ flagship shows are out...
The reviews for Apple TV Plus’ first four original series — “The Morning Show,” “See,” “Dickinson” and “For All Mankind” — dropped …
This is not filmmaker friendly or even a good idea Netflix 🙅🏻♂️
Following Netflix’s announcement that the streamer is testing faster playback speeds — allowing consumers to watch films at a higher rate than intended — various industry members …
Need a minority-owned production company? CALICO is proud to have been certified by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) as a minority business enterprise (MBE). In simple terms, this positions CALICO in front of Fortune 100 companies looking to contract and work with diverse vendors. From day one, we’ve been committed to empowering underrepresented POC’s and underserved POV’s. All of our voices matter and empowerment is everything ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
New episode of our doc series #SoleOrigins for Complex + Zen. We explore how trainers (sneakers) were an integral part of various subcultures in the UK, from football casuals to grime music. Another piece of culture history brought to you by Calico ✊
The UK is divided both geographically and trend wise when it comes to sneakers (trainers). In the north football culture reigns supreme, while London is insp...
We're humbled that our PBS series "Breaking Big" just won Best Informational Program at the Imagen Awards. Kudos to Danny Lee for directing the doc on Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz and her Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in Puerto Rico 🙏 Also Ari Hyman on producing, David Okolo + Brian Beckwith on cinematography, and Javier Alvarez + Chris Lee on editing.
The winners of the 2019 Imagen Awards were unveiled on Saturday night with FX’s groundbreaking series Pose, acclaimed comedy One Day at a Time and Sundance favorite Monsters and Men receiving…
Watch out Netflix 👀
Following through on its promises to offer a bundle of its streaming services, Disney confirmed it will roll out a bundle of Disney+, Hulu’s basic on-demand tier and ESPN+ for $12.99 a month.…
We 🖤 Atlanta on FX. Bold, innovative, and fresh as hell.
Production on seasons three and four will begin in the spring; there's currently no time frame for the return of Donald Glover's Emmy-winning comedy.
The music community is collectively mourning the death of Ras G, a pillar of the LA underground hip hop and experimental scene. Ras' fundraiser memorial is this Sunday 8/4 @ Lodge Room Highland Park. Ras was a huge part of the pioneering music collective Low End Theory. Calico featured the movement as part of the larger musical tapestry in our electronic music series #AfterTheRaves. Ras even has a quick cameo. Watch below👇👇🏾👇🏿
DJ Tommie Sunshine visits Dirty South, 12th Planet and The Gaslamp Killer in Los Angeles.
We will always be suckers for a good ol' gangster flick by Marty ⚰️
The biographical film stars Robert De Niro as Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, a labor union leader and alleged hitman for the Bufalino crime family, and Al Pacino as union activist Jimmy Hoffa.
This new episode of #SoleOrigins is a piece of true history! The doc includes the story of the famed Dassler brothers who started adidas and PUMA respectively and became bitter rivals and divided their home town, as well as how the Cold War split Berlin in half and gave birth to two distinct sneaker subcultures in one city. The theme is division but unity through sneakers 👟👟
Sole Origins heads to Germany to go inside the global headquarters of sneaker companies Adidas and Puma and uncovers the long-time rivalry between both brand...
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The brain child of filmmaker Danny Lee, CALICO is an award-winning, filmmaker-driven production company consisting of diverse voices who create original and engaging content for all platforms. In television + digital, CALICO has produced projects for Showtime, Hulu, ESPN, Facebook, PBS, Spotify, MTV, Red Bull TV, E!, Fusion, Spike, Uninterrupted, and Fuse. In branded content, CALICO has produced content for Gatorade, adidas, Nissan, Red Bull, Jaguar, Intel, American Express, Vitamin Water, and McDonald’s. CALICO prides itself on smart and emotional storytelling combined with a distinct cinematic and energetic style.
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