What We’re About

From soft power to direct action, we’ve witnessed how art can convene communities, foreground our shared humanity, and empower collective change. We collaborate with artists, nonprofit and governmental orgs, and socially responsible companies to engage audiences, tell stories, and create connections that inspire meaningful action. We choose projects that reflect our values, and model equity across all aspects of our process.

Our approach is passionate, playful, and rigorous. We combine creative strategies and methods with professionalism and attention to detail, equally valuing ideation and execution. From documentary films and exhibitions to social media and singular events, we show up with compassion and patience, listen intently, and engage teams in effective and inventive ways that encourage creativity, participation, and an authentic call to action.

our services

impact campaign and brand development
program development and execution
full service video production
exhibition planning and production
strategic partnership

social media strategy and management
art and creative direction
full service publication production
project management
strategic planning

Our Origin Story

Two Tigers’ co-founders, Jillian Schultz and Leah Thompson, first met in 2011 while producing a documentary photography exhibition about climate change at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing. Afterwards, they continued to collaborate on a variety of projects across the U.S. and abroad, and formalized their partnership with the creation of Two Tigers Productions in 2018. The name of their company comes from a Chinese nursery rhyme about two odd yet complementary tigers.

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TWO TIGERS’ Co-Founders

Jillian Schultz

Jillian Schultz is a producer and cultural organizer with nearly twenty years of experience working at the intersection of art and activism. She has expertise in lens-based media, artist development, exhibition curation/production, and public programming. She has worked on a range of projects from exhibitions to documentaries to educational travel and beyond. Her work in documentary film began with co-producing the New York Times Op-Doc, My American Surrogate (Leslie Tai, 2019). She also produced Tai’s feature documentary debut, How to Have an American Baby, which premiered at True/False and was broadcast on POV in 2023. Her career began at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she has curated exhibitions and produced public programs around the world. She served as the Managing Director of Emerging Arts Leaders/Los Angeles and has engaged her local community as a governing board member of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council since 2016. She speaks Mandarin and has a BA from Tulane University and a MA from Columbia University.

Jillian’S CV

Leah Thompson

Leah Thompson is a documentary filmmaker and producer based in Los Angeles. Her short documentary, How to Start Your Own Utopia, follows Ou Ning, a well-known Chinese artist, and his ill-fated attempt to use art to revive a dying village in remote Anhui province. The film has been included in exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, as well as SFMOMA. Thompson recently produced COAL + ICE, an immersive 50,000-square-foot multimedia documentary exhibition co-curated by Susan Meiselas and Jeroen de Vries, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Thompson’s photography, writing, and short films have been featured in The New York Times, ChinaFile, NPR, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic, among others. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in History from the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University, respectively, with a focus on American cultural and intellectual history.

LeAh’s CV

Collaborators

clients

We work with a diverse cross-section of city governments, arts organizations, and large international foundations. Projects have ranged from one-off productions to long-term and multilevel programming and partnerships.