Cowboy Bear Ninja is an award-winning production company creating quirky, smart, funny, and brave work. Our films, television, and branded content champion important ideas to help people see the world in new ways. As creative producers/directors/artists, curiosity fuels our innovation and collaboration is our superpower. We are behind the award-winning BLACK WOMEN OWN THE CONVERSATION on OWN (2020 News Emmy), Hilary Duff’s Zicam Ambassador spot (2020 Bronze Telly), and D’Arcy Carden’s Playtex Xtra (AdAge Top 100 of 2018). We created PAID OFF WITH MICHAEL TORPEY the truTV game show that pays off student loans, directed THE PROBLEM WITH APU with comedian Hari Kandabolu, and produced the musical docuseries SHADE: QUEENS OF NYC that follows eight fierce and fabulous queens who are working it in the NYC drag scene. We created The Thing™ as a solution to remote production problems caused by COVID-19. Founded in 2011, Cowboy Bear Ninja focuses on using narrative, documentary, unscripted, commercial, and branded storytelling to enrich lives. We are proud of our international filmmaking network of clients and colleagues. We create projects with major advertising agencies, Fortune 500 companies, global news organizations, television networks, foundations, and NGOs.