Production company Park Pictures signs the multi-faceted directing team known as Jungle. The talented duo creates atmospheric dreamscapes that convey deep emotional tension.
Jungle is composed of two Brazilian-born filmmakers who reconnected a decade after meeting at university to combine their passions of visual arts and post-production to tell fantastic, disruptive stories. Jungle’s visually stunning narratives are vibrant and urban; with a strong emphasis on audiovisuals and visual effects, their works provoke an emotionally-charged tension that entrances and transports viewers to another world. Jungle’s diverse client list includes Electronic Arts (EA), Netflix, Jägermeister, Nike, and Uber.
The enigmatic pair’s films have landed Jungle on various lists of accolades, such as the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2022 and Silver and Wood Pencils at D&AD in 2022. Their work for Jägermeister, “Trapped,” which earned them the Gold British Arrow for Best New Director 2020, is an especially mesmerizing film that follows a man as he’s suspended in everyday life. Around a minimalist cityscape and through the use of visual effects, the actor’s body contorts, floating just above the ground in mid-air, as in a pool or zero-gravity tank. When the beat in the cutting-edge audio inevitably drops, the subject breaks free from this surrealist affliction, bursting to life with energy. To the audience, it’s like a breath of fresh air after being submerged in the weightiness and mundanity of our ordinary day-to-days.
Jungle’s latest project, “Matchday For The World’s Game,” for EA Sports FIFA 2023 out of Wieden+Kennedy Portland, was released earlier this month. Starring Kylian Mbappe, Sam Kerr, Zinedine Zidane, Jack Grealish, and Chloe Kelly, the film is EA Sports’ final FIFA ad before the game rebrands to EA Sports FC next year.
“Park's reputation is impeccable,” says Jungle. “We are very excited about our arrival, and Jackie and Lance are exceptional; we love their approach as a production company focused on telling compelling and meaningful stories. For us, it’s a big honor to be on a roster with such incredible and talented visual storytellers.”
“Jungle’s work has the power to shift perspective. There's a magical and mysterious element to their work,” says Jackie Bisbee, Park Founding Partner. “Their complementary backgrounds enable them to push ideas further and their shared cultural and artistic references blend to form their distinctive, engaging vision. We’re so happy to welcome them to the Park team.”
This is Jungle’s first commercial representation in the US. They are repped by Blink in the UK, Rebolucion in Latin America, Untitled in Brazil, and TPF in Germany.
