Founder
Angelo Pullen
Angelo Pullen is the founder of LARGE FORMAT, an AI-native creative agency and digital product studio in Los Angeles. For two decades he has built businesses around creators and their audiences: he co-founded and led the influencer entertainment company 3BLACKDOT, co-founded the creator fintech Able, and was an executive producer of the feature film Queen & Slim.
Quick answers
- Who founded LARGE FORMAT?
- Angelo Pullen founded LARGE FORMAT, an AI-native creative agency and digital product studio based in Los Angeles.
- What is Angelo Pullen known for?
- Co-founding the influencer entertainment company 3BLACKDOT and leading it as CEO from 2013 to 2020, through a strategic investment from Legendary Entertainment in 2016 and its acquisition by Webedia in 2017. He also co-founded the creator fintech Able.
- What films has Angelo Pullen produced?
- He was an executive producer and financier of Queen & Slim (2019), which won Best Movie at the 2020 BET Awards and grossed $47.8 million worldwide. He also produced the short film Evelyn X Evelyn and created the YouTube Red animated series Paranormal Action Squad.
- Where did Angelo Pullen go to school?
- Columbia University in the City of New York.
Career
- LARGE FORMAT · Founder · Los Angeles · present
- An AI-native creative agency and digital product studio, and the home of products including CYPHIR, VIDKIT, Voilà and QX Axis. Clients include Swagtron, Trival, QX Logistix, Sage Daughter, Bougie Hippie and Girls Fly!
- Able · Co-founder · 2020
- An income-management app for independent workers, with automatic tax set-aside, invoicing and income verification. Its $3.29 million seed round in 2021, led by Elefund, brought in creators and founders as investors, among them YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Casey Neistat, Philip DeFranco and Evan Fong.
- 3BLACKDOT · Co-founder and CEO · 2013–2020
- An influencer entertainment company that worked as a talent network, brand agency, game publisher, merchandise business, book publisher and film financier. It launched the JETPAK creator network in 2014, received a multimillion-dollar strategic investment from Legendary Entertainment in 2016, and was acquired by Webedia in 2017, the group's largest international acquisition and its entry into the US market. Its games included Zombie Killer Squad, which reached No. 1 on the App Store in the UK, Canada and Australia and No. 2 in the US, and Dead Realm on Steam. In 2018 the literary studio Full Fathom Five joined the group through 3BLACKDOT.
- Machinima · Head of Affiliate Development · 2012–2013
- Built brand-integration campaigns with YouTube creators at the original multi-channel network, for game and entertainment titles from publishers including Microsoft, Disney, Warner Bros., Ubisoft and EA.
- Earlier
- Co-founder of Greenhouse Studios (around 2009).
Film and television
- Queen & Slim (2019) · Executive producer and financier · Best Movie, BET Awards 2020 · $47.8 million worldwide box office
- Evelyn X Evelyn · Producer and executive producer · Short Film Audience Award, Atlanta Film Festival · Best Short Screenplay, Denver Film Festival · Finalist, 22nd HBO Short Film Competition
- Paranormal Action Squad (2016) · Creator and executive producer · Animated series for YouTube Red
- Vanoss Superhero School (2017) · Executive producer
Speaking
SXSW panels in 2015, 2016 and 2017, on creator influence and on marketing independent games through social platforms.
Photography
A fine-art and editorial photographer. His work runs on Channel 35 in the Photographs window.
Education
Columbia University in the City of New York.