Rodney W. Hawkins II is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tiny Hawk Productions, LLC, a Dallas-based media company he founded in 2020. Tiny Hawk is a multi- faceted company creating non-fiction content that matters, from documentaries to corporate marketing. An award-winning journalist and executive producer, Rodney has been widely recognized for his work, including awards such as a National News & Documentary Emmy, Alliance for Women in Media Gracie, American Bar Association Silver Gavel and several other awards and nominations.
Rodney launched Tiny Hawk following a decade at CBS News Network as a journalist, producer and on- air talent. His tenure at CBS News included serving as a producer of CBS Mornings featuring Gayle King and for the award-winning CBS 48 Hours episode, A Promise to Ahmaud. He also covered two presidential elections, produced countless breaking news and feature stories across the country, and became a go-to producer for documentaries and news specials.
Since launching Tiny Hawk, Rodney has directed productions from Hawaii to West Africa. In its inaugural year, the company successfully produced a historical documentary for Paramount+ and created a first-of-its-kind immersive experience at AT&Ts Global Headquarters, The Mount Experience, centered on his family’s long history in Texas and the reclamation of an African American cemetery in East Texas.
Tiny Hawk’s current projects include production of a series focused on Black women entrepreneurs in a highly competitive culinary field and another production centered on a historic moment in a Texas NBA team’s history. Tiny Hawk will develop and produce a documentary concerning the life and career of Ntozake Shange, the author of the acclaimed work, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.
Rodney was recently selected by International Realscreen as one of ten participants in its 2023-2024 DIALOG program for non-fiction content for emerging media executives and filmmakers. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and serves on the Emma L. Bowen Foundation Board of Directors as nominating chair. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Howard University. Born and raised in the Dallas metropolitan area, Rodney currently resides in West Dallas with his wife Marlowe and their daughter Langston.
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