Tidbits, Factoids & Filler
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Hungry Man's New Zealand-born Taika Waititi first rose to prominence when his short film, “Two Cars, One Night,” was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005. These days you can catch him on HBO, as Director of the hit series "Flight of the Conchords". www.hbo.com/conchords |
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Hungry Man directing duo, 300ml, had their short film Tarantino's Mind
premiere in the US in July at MoMA at the Premiere Brazil! a
collaboration between MoMA and the Rio de Janeiro International Film
Festival. www.moma.org |
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Hank Perlman, "Phistophicles” Co-Creator and Director created the famous “This Is Sportscenter” campaign for Hungry Man Inc., where he is also a Partner. |
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Alex's directing debut took place in 2006 with the dark comedy, "George", a short film about Alzheimer's Disease, health insurance companies, and gladiator battles. He is currently collaborating with his "Mouthpieces" co-writer, Greg Moller, on a commercial campaign for a cable network, another web series for hmTV, and a feature film. View "George" trailer at iFilm here. |
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Director Marcos Siega (co-creator of “The Biggs”) has also directed some of the most recognizable and requested music videos on MTV including Weezer's “Keep Fishin” which was praised by The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. |
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Hungry Man recently won the award for “Best Production Company” at the El Ojo Advertising Festival. Gualter Pupo from HM's Rio office is the director of “Strange Detective Tales”. |
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Curt Smith of the 80s super group Tears for Fears wrote an original song for the opening sequence of THE BIGGS. In addition to his musical expertise, Smith also has great taste in choosing neighbors as he shares his neighborhood with Biggs' director Marcos Siega.
- Download The Biggs theme song here. - Watch Tears for Fears’ hit music video, “Woman in Chains”. - Buy the Very Best of Tears for Fears album here (includes their hit, “Woman in Chains”). |
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Phistophicles creators Hank Perlman and Steve Elliott also created cult favorite Prodigy/Bully. |
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Strange Detective Tales Music Supervisor, Eduardo Marote aka Prztz aka "dudu" is a renowned Brazilian producer who was responsible for several #1s in Brasil in the 1990s. |
Reviews
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"The shows play “…like a comedy, the humor is poignant social commentary" - Shoot Magazine |
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"We just checked out two of the shows, Undercover Cheerleaders and Phistophicles, we were impressed by how many times they made us laugh out loud!"
- GenArtPulse |
