the Court Jester
Short film, 2024
David, an under appreciated segment producer, has a life altering run in with the enigmatic fitness guru, Richard Simmons, backstage of a high profile talk show.
This project was written and produced over a very short period in December/January 23/24. The short garnered a great amount of buzz in industry media like Variety, Entertainment Weekly, TMZ, CBS amongst many more. Most importantly the short got an overwhelming amount of love and positive feedback from the general public.
Written and Directed by Jake Lewis
Director of Photography Emil Gurvin
Executive Producer Max Ostroff
Production Designer Alen Stubbs
Produced by Alen Stubbs, Ehron Asher, Ronan Arthur, Emil Gurvin & Steven Salisbury.
Post Production Producers Jenna Socha & Cooper Shine
Line Producer Ehron Asher
Assistant Director Ronan Arthur
Music by Eric Scullin
"The Court Jester Theme Song" by Jake Lewis and Eric Scullin
Sound by Joy Yang
Starring Pauly Shore, Jesse Heiman, Tamra Brown ,Benji Aflalo, Ronan Arthur, Alyce Saad, Jake Lewis, Austin Gelfman, Dawn Krantz, Michele Fried, Kore Black & Cooper Shine.
1st AC Connor Smyers
2nd AC Kyle Stubbs
2nd Camera Cooper Shine
Video Assistant Erin Knaul
Stedi-cam Op Issak Morin
Prop Master/Art Coordinator Ehron Asher
Set Dresser Rey Zane Ricardo Hansen
Set Construction Jeff Stock
Production Assistants Katie Hettenbach, Ben Thomas, Nathan Silva.
Special Thanks to Michael Ostroff and Mark Waldman for believing in Blue Eyed Jack Films
