INTO THE WILD.
Animals & Co. is a creative production studio based in New Orleans. We conceptualize, make, distribute, and monetize beautiful work across—and beyond—mediums.
We make everything—documentaries, podcasts, books, TV series, events, and even merch. Animals & Co. was born of a desire to transcend any one format. If we’re dreaming up a doc, we’re spinning it into a block party, a limited vinyl drop, or a stunning monograph. Whatever the idea, we build a world around it that you want to inhabit.
Animals & Co. teams up with networks, brands, talent, and media to conceptualize outside-the-box work—and get that work made and seen. We seek out ambitious ideas and partners that are committed to beauty, complexity, and depth. Everything we make is real. We support all kinds of creators and artists, and make the connections between their work and the audiences that crave it.
We have directed, produced, and created content for HBO, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Facebook, Nat Geo, Discovery, History, A&E Networks, Vice, Time, Inc., the NBA and G League, Lyft, Rakuten, Weedmaps, Zitti, Diageo, Bacardi, Constellation Brands, Pernod Ricard, Estée Lauder, Penguin- Random House, the U.S. Cannabis Council, and more.
THE TEAM.
Creative Director Tony Biancosino has over 18 years of experience in television creation and production. He's the former Executive Vice President of Stephen David Entertainment and Senior Vice President of Truly Original, both Banijay companies. He’s worked with talent across formats, including Carmelo Anthony, Michael Beasely, Kevin Hart, Killer Mike, Tobe Nwigwe, Issa, Rae, Leah Remini, and Eric Thomas. Tony specializes in collaborating with talent to conceptualize, produce, and distribute their work.
Writer and producer Leslie Pariseau has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, GQ, The Ringer, The Intercept, Oxford American, and Condé Nast Traveler. She is co-founder of PUNCH, created with Penguin-Random House and acquired by Vox in 2021. Leslie has an MFA in fiction, ghostwrites books, including the New York Times Bestselling You Owe You with Dr. Eric Thomas, and is a three-time James Beard Award nominee. She focuses on translating ideas into pitches, scripts, and holistic universes.
Together, Tony and Leslie own Patron Saint, a wine shop, and St. Pizza, a pizzeria and tavern, in the Lower Garden District.
GET IN TOUCH.
Do you animate stop motion Civil War docs? Are you hoarding 1000 hours of never-before-seen pickleball footage from the ‘90s? Got a vision for a psychedelic kids’ show? A sneaker collab with the Muppets? We can make, produce, and monetize all of that and more. Get in touch at info@animalsandco.com.