Jungle Entertainment

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Jungle Entertainment
IndustryTelevision, Film
Founded2002
Headquarters
Level 4, 113-115 Oxford Street Sydney
,
Australia
Number of locations
Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles, United States
Area served
World Wide
Key people
Jason Burrows, Chloe Rickard, Trent O'Donnell, and Phil Lloyd.
Website http://www.jungleentertainment.com

Jungle Entertainment (formerly known as Jungleboys), is a production company owned by Executive Producer Jason Burrows, Writer/Director Trent O'Donnell, Writer/Performer Phil Lloyd [1] and Head of Production Chloe Rickard. The Sydney-based company produces television programs in Australia and the US, specializing in comedy and drama.

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Productions

TitleNetworkYearsNotes
Review with Myles Barlow ABC 2008–2010
Problems ABC2012
A Moody Christmas ABC2012
The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting ABC2013Co-production with ABC
The Moodys ABC2014
Between a Frock and a Hard PlaceABC2015
No Activity Stan 2015–2018
Here Come the Habibs Nine Network 2016–2017
Mr. Inbetween FX 2018–2021
Squinters ABC2018–2019
Sando ABC2018
No Activity CBS All Access, Paramount+ 2018–2021
Bad Mothers Nine Network, Sundance Now 2019
Big Deal Madman Entertainment, ABC2021
Wakefield ABC, Showtime, BBC Studios 2021

Awards

For comedy TV work, Jungle's Director awards include Best Comedy AFIs, Best Director at ADGA, Best Narrative Comedy at AWGIE and Best Ensemble Comedy (Equity). Jungle won Breakthrough Business of The Year at the 2013 Screen Producers Australia Awards with the comedy The Moodys being nominated for Best Comedy at the Monte Carlo TV Awards. Jungle directors have won multiple local and international advertising awards including Gold Lions at Cannes, Gold Promax, Yellow Pencil, Oneshow, Clio and AWARD awards.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Australian Creative: The jungle boys". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.