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HunkyDory Films bolster roster with JEAN
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The UK commercial production company welcomes the award-winning directing duo JEAN to its directing roster.
UK commercial production company HunkyDory Films welcome award-winning directing duo JEAN to its directing roster.
Comprised of Armand Prisco and Eric Eckelman(and not to be confused with the homophonic 90s Britpop band Gene), JEAN arrive with a showreel packed with cinematic, astutely observed, precision-engineered comedy.
JEAN has won many awards and broken just as many barriers in their work. Their web series Commercials is must-see content for anyone who works in the business, winning a Webby for Best Web Series as well as Best Web Series at both the 2020 LA Shorts and Chicago Film Festivals. Their epic Grand Clio winning mini-movie, Recipe For Seduction, starring AC Slater himself, Mario Lopez as a young Harland Sanders literally redefined what co-branded content can be.
Their passion for taking the irony, reality, weirdness and odd relatability of everyday life and elevating it through memorable characters and quirky comedic beats that push things to just the right place so that the laughs stick with the audience long after the images fade from the screen is truly what makes their work stand out.
On joining HunkyDory, JEAN had this to say: “We’ve always felt that our style of comedy has a strong UK sensibility in that we’re constantly looking for humor in real, human moments without ever pushing into the absurd. In introducing ourselves to the UK market we wanted to partner with people who shared our appreciation for subtle, elevated comedy. From our very first conversations with John and Ronae, it was obvious we found our people. Most importantly though, we had a strict requirement that the word ‘hunk’ be in the name of the production company that reps us. Fortunately, HunkyDory delivered.”
