Howling Jack Films is a Melbourne based production company founded by Jay and Shaun Perry.

We believe there are three main reasons people watch film. To be entertained, to gain perspective, or to do both. The films of the 1960s New Hollywood era achieved their success based primarily on this idea of perpetuating new perspectives. Everyone sees the world in their own subjective windows, and when they watch a good film, it's generally because it's helped to nudge that window just a little wider – It’s helped to create more understanding, tolerance, and compassion, and that’s what we hope to achieve with all our film and television content .

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CREATIVE DIRECTORS

Jay and Shaun Perry

Jay and Shaun Perry are an Australian writer, director duo based in Melbourne, Australia

Their short films have won multiple awards and have been selected to play at prestigious Australian film festivals, Melbourne International Film Festival, Flickerfest, and more. In their storytelling, they tend to like balancing comedy and drama, particularly when exploring ideas related to moral ambiguity and the human condition. 

They have written multiple feature-length screenplays that have been included in the top 1% on the Red List, and have been finalists in both the 2021 Screen-craft Fellowship and the 2021 WeScreenplay Feature Screenwriting Lab.

Their recent short film, Cold Water, starring Bruce Spence and Deborah Kennedy received funding from Creative Victoria and had its Australian premiere at the 2023 Melbourne International Film Festival. They have also been selected to participate in the MIFF Accelerator Lab. 

Currently, they work in a freelance capacity as videographers/screenwriters for various content creation companies, as well as running their own production company – Howling Jack Films. 

They are represented by Daniel Scharf at Profile Creative.

Awards & Nominations

Melbourne International Film Festival 2023

  • Accelerator Lab Alumni

Flickerfest 2024

  • Winner – Best Achievement in Screenplay

Stellar Short Film Festival 2024

  • Winner – Best Screenplay

  • Winner - Audience Choice

St Kilda Film Festival 2024

  • Nomination – Best Achievement in Screenplay

CineFest Oz 2023

  • Winner – Best Short Film

  • Nomination – Best Director

St Kilda Film Festival 2018

  • Winner – Best Achievement in Screenplay

  • Winner - Best Sound

  • Nomination – Best Short Film

  • Nomination - Best Director

  • Nomination - Best Editing

Byron Bay International Film Festival 2018

  • Winner – Canon Encouragement Award – Young Australian Filmmaker of the year