Jigsaw Entertainment is an indie television production house specialising in light entertainment, comedy and drama production. Jigsaw Entertainment's relaxed approach to production and unique creative and business philosophies ensure maximum commitment on both sides of the camera.
In November 2003, Jigsaw Entertainment was named SPAA Independent Producer of the Year and in 2007 was named SPAA Drama Producer of the Year. Established in 1999, Jigsaw has worked with most of Australia's top entertainment talent over the last decade.
Jigsaw Entertainment's core business strategy provides a creative solution to developing commercially successful productions whilst recognising the need to acknowledge and financially reward the contribution of creators.
Recent projects
Jigsaw recently completed series 2 of Stupid Stupid Man, a sitcom for TV1 (and the ABC) distributed by Sony. Jigsaw's other recent productions include the Ronnie Johns Half Hour (a sketch comedy show hosted by a sexually dubious cowboy riding a papier mache horse), and Out of the Question a comedy quiz for Channel Seven.
Development principles
Our experience tells us that accessing a genuinely fresh idea from a producer, writer, writer/director, writer/performer is about patience with the individual and the creative process. We mainly produce new local formats.
Projects currently under the Jigsaw Entertainment banner have already produced significant interest locally and internationally. Following our philosophy, these come in the main from existing creative partners and will further serve to cement relationships with our creative teams.
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Nick Murray - Principal & CEO
Through Cordell
Jigsaw and Jigsaw Entertainment, Nick has a very broad and unique
set of credits. They span comedy, light entertainment, drama and factual
production. Nick's recent work includes: Out
of the Question and a second series of the acclaimed sitcom Stupid
Stupid Man for TV1. He also produced the BlackJack
Trilogy - Murder Archive, a package of three tele-movies for Network
Ten and BBC Worldwide, making a total of seven BlackJack tele-movies in
the last five years. Nick has been co Executive Producer of four series
for Cordell Jigsaw:
Bondi Rescue
(Ten 2006, 2007), Two of Us (SBS 2006), Two
Men in a Tinnie (ABC 2006) and Sleek
Geeks (ABC 2008) and through Jigsaw also produced The
Ronnie Johns Half Hour (Ten 2005, 2006) and two series of the comedy
Stupid Stupid Man (TV1 2006, 2007/8).
Over the past 14 years Nick has acted as Producer or Executive Producer
of 25 productions comprising over 200 hours of television. Prior to establishing
Cordell Jigsaw he was the foundation CEO of The Comedy Channel, one of
Australia's leading cable and satellite networks, a joint venture between
cable operator Foxtel and independent production company Artist Services
(now Granada Media Australia).
Nick is a former President of the Screen Producers Association of Australia
and is a current board member of PilotLight Australia. Nick was awarded
the 2003 SPAA Independent Producer of the Year in 2003 and in 2007 SPAA
Drama Producer of the Year.