LOS ANGELES
LONDON
We are a fully independent production company with offices in Los Angeles & London.
We make joyous unscripted entertainment shows.
WHAT WE DO
Jolly Octopus is a fully independent, creative production studio with the ability to give clients & production partners our full attention. We provide full production services and have a proudly creative-first culture that gives all the talent we work with - off and on-screen - the chance to do their best work and bring joy to what they do - which shows on screen.
NETWORKS & STREAMERS WE'VE WORKED WITH
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ABOUT US
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James Longman & Ollie Brack Founders
James & Ollie are Emmy and BAFTA winning producers and longtime friends who first met making tons of live TV shows together for MTV. Happy days.
Since then they’ve built a consistent track record of creating and delivering shows whilst working with the world’s biggest talent. James is a 2-time Emmy winning Executive Producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden, Carpool Karaoke, The Friends Reunion and Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was, to name just a few.​ Before that he was Head of Programmes at Talkback Productions.
Ollie is a BAFTA-winning Executive Producer and was Head of Entertainment at Monkey Kingdom, where he co-created and show-ran a slate including The Question Jury, Don’t Hate The Playaz and The Emily Atack Show, before moving to LA to run Monkey’s first US office.
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