Melbourne-based comedy group Aunty Donna’s production company, Haven’t You Done Well, has launched a commercial division with a roster of both local and international directors.
Specialising in comedy, Haven’t You Done Well has been responsible for Aunty Donna’s Netflix series ‘Aunty Donna’s Big Ol House of Fun’ and ABC series, ‘Aunty Donna Coffee Cafe’.
The production company has seen a growing demand for commercial, having previously produced branded content for Samsung, Playstation and Heineken, as well as TVCs for Coles, and a global online campaign for Lego and Sega.
“We love making comedy almost as much as we love making bank,” the team at Aunty Donna said.
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“When we worked out people would pay us to make funny commercials, you best believe we started rubbing our thumbs over the tips of our index and middle fingers in the universal gesture for money.”
Heading up the new division is head of commercial Tom Rickard.
Having recently returned from Scandinavia, where he worked at various production agencies including HOBBY, Giants & Toys and Goody Bag, he brings over ten years of experience to the new role.
“Australia & New Zealand are currently pumping out world-class comedy scripts at a huge rate,” Rickard said.
“So the timing couldn’t be better. We intend to sniff them out like the greedy little truffle pigs we are and turn them into world-class productions.”
The division’s roster of directors includes Aunty Donna’s Max Miller, FJORD, Jemma Cotter and the Macfarlane Brothers.
International directors include Canada-based The Perlorians (produced spots for with Heineken, IKEA, Twizzlers), and LA-based JJ Adler (ALDI, Hotels.com, The Onion) and Emma Debany (Adult Swin, Trolli, Totino’s Pizza Rolls).
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