OUR STORY + VISION

We’ve been creating together since 2000, when we co-produced international segments for the PBS KIDS series ZOOM in Panamá, Canada, Italy, and across the United States. The series later won a Daytime Emmy®.

That early collaboration eventually became Studio 21 Media. At heart, we’re storytellers. We develop original ideas and intellectual property, help organizations think through content and creative strategy, and experiment with new tools—including artificial intelligence (AI)—when they can help us tell a better story or solve a real problem.

Our perspective comes from years of working with people in very different places and circumstances. We’ve each traveled to 35 countries, filmed in more than 320 locations across five continents, and produced content in more than ten languages. Our work has taken us from communities facing drought and food insecurity to classrooms, boardrooms, television studios, and conversations with artists, cultural figures, and global leaders. Those experiences have taught us that no matter the platform or technology, the human story comes first.

Across our careers, we’ve worked with and for organizations including Harvard Business School, Oxfam International, Travel Channel, and others. Our work has appeared on PBS, HBO, CBS, ESPN, National Geographic, AJ+, and the History Channel and has earned Emmy, Webby, Telly, Imagen, and Golden Eagle honors.

We also create and develop our own media properties. Our flagship project, Dimples the Whale™, grew from a real-life whale rescue we participated in and is expanding across audiobooks, books, multilingual content, and other media. It reflects something we’ve believed for a long time: a good story can entertain people, connect them, and sometimes even move them to act.

For us, it’s human first, technology second. Tools will keep changing. What matters is what we choose to do with them—and whether the work ultimately means something to people.