PRODIGIUM

We're a production company with a purpose

From feature films to documentaries to commercials, we know that moving images have incredible power, and with great power comes great responsibility. Our team of world-class filmmakers hit the trifecta of passion, skill, and collaborative spirit required to succeed in the modern entertainment landscape- and whatever that landscape evolves into.

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Our team

Tobias Deml

Co-Founder & Producer

Hiroki Kamada

Co-Founder & Director

Max Deml

Partner / Business Development Europe

Tessa Byford

Head of Production

Amanda Khoury

Original Content Development Coordinator

Michael Wieck

SEO Manager

Elyza Halpern

Content Marketing Manager

Trusted by the world’s biggest brands:

How it started

Prodigium founders Tobias Deml and Hiroki Kamada met as immigrant film students, and in 2011 they founded Prodigium with a dream of doing big things in Hollywood. It was around this time that Tobias had a near-death experience, which changed his perspective on filmmaking and made him question what kind of legacy he wanted to leave behind. This is how the idea of a Social Impact Entertainment company was born.

Our Vision For the Future

As pioneers of Social Impact Entertainment, we believe in using entertainment to support ideas and organizations that are positively transformative. Our ultimate goal is to transform the entertainment industry into a force for positive change not just through our work but also through leading by example with our own high standards of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). As our company continues to grow and we take on ever-larger projects, we are dedicated to using our success to create an even larger positive impact on the world.

Creating a

portal between

entertainment

and positive

change

Creating a portal

between entertainment

and positive change

At Prodigium, we see video as a portal through which viewers get to experience new places, perspectives, cultures, and ideas- a vehicle for entertainment and authentic connection that leads to real-world results.

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What is Social Impact Entertainment

Social Impact Entertainment, or SIE, refers to a variety of mainstream entertainment forms, predominantly films and TV, that intend to have social impact next to great entertainment value.

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Prodigium as a force
‍for good

Prodigium is proud to be a certified B-Corp - a third-party certification for companies striving to be better for workers, communities, and the environment.

Milestones

2011

Prodigium Pictures is founded in Los Angeles, California by an international team consisting of Tobias Deml, Hiroki Kamada and Max Deml.

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2013

Initial Pivot to Social Impact Entertainment: Prodigium begins to apply media effects research in its work, and invests in R&D on how its productions will affect audiences.

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2014

The Cinema of Change magazine is co-founded by Prodigium Pictures' managing partner Tobias Deml.

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2016

Prodigium co-founder, Hiroki Kamada, co-founds VOOK, a media platform for Japanese filmmakers. Vook is now the largest filmmaking platform in Japan.

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2018

We attend the SBCC Summit in Bali, Indonesia to gain cutting edge insights into Social Behavioral Change Communication, spend time with Miguel Sabido who pioneered the space in the 1970s, and apply these findings to our mainstream entertainment work.

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2019

"Strive", our first independent feature film starring Danny Glover is released.

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2020

Prodigium co-founds SIE Society together with members of the Producers Guild of America and thought leaders in Social Impact Entertainment.

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2021

Prodigium becomes a certified B-corp.

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2021

We launch the Impact Story Lab, a free 6-week video marketing cohort with 7 Non-Profits that teaches them storytelling with videos to promote their organizations.

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