Vinnie Malhotra, the president of Higher Ground, the film, TV and new media production company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, offered some insight into what it’s like to navigate Hollywood amid ...

Higher Ground and LAIKA Partner on Live Action Feature Film Audition; Lulu Wang to Direct With Lucy Liu and Charles Melton Starring Wang and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok Will Adapt ...

EXCLUSIVE: Higher Ground, the media company started by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, has extended its creative partnership with Netflix. As part of the deal, Higher Ground will have a ...

The Barack and Michelle Obama-led shingle Higher Ground has partnered on documentary short “The Turnaround,” which will premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 1. Barack and Michelle Obama, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — This story comes from the Portland Business Journal, a KGW News partner. The full story is here. Hillsboro's Laika Studios will team with Barack and Michelle Obama's production ...

Ethan Lewis has been promoted to Head of Non-Fiction and Sports at Higher Ground Productions, the media company of former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. At Higher Ground, Lewis has ...

EXCLUSIVE: Vinnie Malhotra has left Higher Ground. Malhotra joined The Obamas' production company in April 2023 as President. Former Showtime docs chief Malhotra has exec produced a number of ...

Higher Ground Productions and LAIKA have set a live action feature film adaptation of Audition (Penguin Random House imprint Riverhead Books, 2025), the Booker Prize-longlisted novel by Katie Kitamura ...

"We get a lot of passes, we get a lot of nos. We don't have a magic bullet that gets our projects made," Vinnie Malhotra said during a panel in Park City hosted by Firelight Media and the MacArthur ...