LEADERSHIP
Bungalow Media + Entertainment is a coordinated team of media experts, and strategists with a shared passion for developing, producing and distributing all forms of content across all platforms.
About Us
Founded by CEO Bob Friedman, a thirty-year veteran of the entertainment business including MTV, New Line Cinema, AOL and Radical Media, Bungalow is an integrated entertainment company that develops, produces, and distributes content across all media platforms–television, film, digital media, commercial and live events. Bungalow sits comfortably at the nexus point between television & digital networks, creative talent, and brands.
Media is fragmented. Production and promotion budgets have decreased. Networks and online distributors have changed the economics of content development, distribution, and ownership while new ways to fund content initiatives have emerged. Audiences are more fickle than ever about what they consume and how they consume it, and they have an insatiable appetite for good storytelling.
With joint venture and strategic partners including Horizon Media, the fastest growing media services company with domestic billings in excess of $6 billion, and Cisneros Companies, owner of Venevision, to reach the US Hispanic & English speaking audience, Bungalow Media + Entertainment is uniquely positioned to seize upon this moment in the emerging media space.
Bungalow’s deep understanding, expert knowledge and impressive track record of creating, producing, and distributing traditional unscripted, scripted and branded content, provides an unparalleled ability to tell great stories while maintaining a program’s integrity and organically incorporating a brand’s DNA & messaging.
Leadership
Development Team
Production Management
Cristina DiLegge
Executive in Charge
Special Advisor
Shade Grant
WHAT WE DO
We make great content. We're an intra-disciplinary entertainment and media company that creates, produces and distributes television programming, films, documentaries, digital series, short-form video and branded entertainment.
Unscripted Entertainment
Unscripted content takes the drama and humor inherent in real life and allows viewers a glimpse into worlds and characters that are different from their own. As an Emmy Award Winning company, we work with the best directors, showrunners, and producers in the business to create platforms that feature interesting people with unusual backgrounds—which always makes for fascinating television. We develop and produce a wide array of content including follow-docs, competition, relationship, and game show formats. We are particularly active in the feature-length Documentary space for TV and Theatrical distribution.
Scripted Entertainment
We are constantly looking for source materials, original IP, and ideas to adapt into scripted television programming or feature films. Using our unique relationships with writers, producers, directors, and owners of IP, we are able to partner with major studios and networks to produce best-in-class content.
Branded Entertainment
We seamlessly and organically incorporate the DNA of a brand into both short & long-form content. We work with our advertising, brand partners, and network advertising groups to promote the content everywhere.
Credits & Work
Bungalow Media + Entertainment creates and produces for a variety of networks, pay TV networks and platforms including Showtime, Netflix, NBC, PBS, Lifetime, History, The Travel Channel, Cooking Channel and EPIX among others.
If These Walls Could Rock
We Met at Grossingers
Dinner with Gavin Rossdale
13 Days In Ferguson
Cyber Sleuths: The Idaho Murders
Serving The Hamptons Season 2
Vegas: The Story of Sin City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Stab That Cake
Manifesto of a Serial Killer
It Couldn’t Happen Here
The Devil Made Me Do It
The Death of Bruce Lee
Spy Affair
Roswell: First Witness
Surviving Jeffrey Epstein
Questlove’s Potluck
The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park
The Panama Papers
The Lost Corvette
Give
Spring Broke
The Real SVU
Landmarks Live
Chatham Bars Inn
Oprah For Weight Watchers
The Confirmation
36 Hours
APB
We The People - The Market Basket Effect
Big Bad BBQ
Celebrity Inc.
World Series of Beach Volleyball
Que Ojones
40 Weeks
Above The Clutter
15 Min Of Same (Sprint for Droga5)
Paul Simon Under African Skies
Oprah's Master Class
Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful
Kevin Hart - Coke Zero
Inconoclasts
Links At Perry Cabin
Highston
Ironic Iconic America
The Big Time
Hardbat Classic
NEWS
Bungalow Media + Entertainment and our partners have been featured across a wide range of media and print outlets.
"Hawk Tuah Girl" Haliey Welch To Be Focus Of Upcoming Documentary: "The Truth Is Actually More Bizarre Than You Think"
March 25, 2025
Israel’s Keshet International goes to Dinner with Gavin Rossdale in new unscripted food series
January 9, 2025
Bungalow Media Chief Robert Friedman on True Crime Programming, Media Consolidation and His New Show About Hawaiian Tropic Founder Ron Rice
December 5, 2024
VIZIO Announces Exclusive Series ‘Rockstar Kitchen Chronicles’ Hosted by Gavin Rossdale at Advertising Week 2024
October 9, 2024
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Rolling Stone Films, Bungalow Media + Entertainment and CNN Films, Take Home Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything
October 7, 2024
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New Documentary Will Go Inside the Rise and Fall of Marijuana's First Billion Dollar Brand, MedMen
PR News Wire
September 26, 2024
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‘Vegas: The Story of Sin City’ offers Generous Payout of info About the Desert Tourist Mecca
Chicago Sun Times
February 23, 2024
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Three-Part Docuseries Unravels the Surging World of the Online Sleuths Who Have Taken on the Savage Slaying of Four University of Idaho Students
Paramount Plus
January 18, 2024
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Oscars Predictions: Documentary Feature – Could Netflix’s ‘American Symphony’ Score Noms Outside Its Category?
Variety Magazine
October 31, 2023
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Revived NATPE Sets New Advisory Board; Fox Entertainment Global CEO Fernando Szew To Speak At January Return Of Miami Conference
Deadline
August, 2023
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Bungalow Media + Entertainment Appoints Christie McConnell As SVP, Development
Deadline
May, 2023
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Connecticut Declares April 23 ‘Little Richard Day’ in Honor of New Documentary
Variety
April, 2023
Read MoreCNN Unveils 2023 Original Series And Films Slate: Projects Include ‘Giuliani,’ Jake Tapper-Hosted ‘United States Of Scandal’ And ‘The 2010s’
Deadline
December, 2022
Read MoreGrossinger’s Feature Doc In The Works With Bungalow Media + Entertainment As Robert Friedman Lays Out Plans Ahead Of Little Richard Sundance Launch
Deadline
December, 2022
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Little Richard Documentary Commissioned by CNN Films, HBO Max
The Hollywood Reporter
May, 2022
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A Tale of Two Hamptons: ‘Serving the Hamptons’ Goes Behind the Curtain of Hamptons Life
Dan's Papers
May, 2022
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Bungalow brings on Food Network, Bravo vet Jeff Oliver as SVP of current series
Realscreen
April, 2022
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Restaurant Workers Serve Up Drama at Iconic Southampton Eatery in Serving the Hamptons Trailer
People Magazine
March, 2022
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‘Serving the Hamptons’ Restaurant Docuseries About Staff at 75 Main Ordered at Discovery Plus
Variety
February, 2021
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‘True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here’ Review: Big Shocks in Small Towns
Wall Street Journal
September, 2021
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Hilarie Burton Morgan Hosting New True Crime Series Premiering in September
Valdosta Today
September, 2021
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Hilarie Burton Morgan Hosting New True Crime Series Premiering in September
Pop Culture
August, 2021
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SundanceTV Launches ‘True Crime Story’ Franchise With Doc Series From Hilarie Burton Morgan & Jena Friedman
Deadline
August, 2021
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‘Shock Docs: The Devil Made Me Do It’: Discovery+ Sets Reality Version Of Latest ‘Conjuring’ Film
Deadline
May, 2021
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‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’: Rolling Stone And Bungalow Developing Docu About Music Icon, Dee Rees To Executive Produce, Lisa Cortes Directing
Deadline
December, 2020
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Columbia Business School Launches New Open Online Course Exploring The Business Of Entertainment
Cision PR Newswire
October, 2020
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History slates titles from Lost Arts Pictures, The Content Group for new strand
Real Screen
October, 2020
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Lifetime's Head of Programming, Gena McCarthy, Joins "No Script, No Problem" podcast to discuss "Surviving Epstein"
Listen Notes
October, 2020
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‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’: “This Is Just The Beginning”, Say Filmmakers Of Lifetime Docu-Series Following Ghislaine Maxwell’s Arrest
Deadline
August, 2020
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Lifetime Sets Dates For Summer Ripped From The Headlines Slate: Ann Rule Movie Weekend, ‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’ Docuseries & More
Deadline
July, 2020
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Streaming Guide: The Best True-Crime Documentaries to Watch Now
Entertainment Tonight
May, 2020
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Best Practices For Documentary Film Episode #1 (Special Guest: Robert Friedman)
Florence Belsky Charitable Foundation
April, 2020
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Laurence Fishburne To Front 'History's Greatest Mysteries' Strand For A+E Net Featuring New Investigations Into The Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell & John Wilkes Booth
Deadline
February, 2020
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36 Rare Vintage Corvettes found in a Manhattan Garage After They Were Abandoned for Decades Will Be Raffled Off For Charity
Business Insider
January, 2020
Drawing Back The Darkness: A SundanceTV Docuseries Explores The Other Central Park Tragedy
Emmy Magazine
Issue 10, 2019
A+E's HISTORY Harnesses the Brand Power of Legendary Corvettes
MediaVillage
August 27, 2019
‘The Preppy Murder: Death In Central Park’: AMC & SundanceTV To Simulcast Doc Series From November 13
Deadline
July 25, 2019
Lifetime Plots ‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’ Documentary, Plus a Follow-up to R Kelly’s
The Wrap
July 23, 2019
Discovery’s Science Channel Partners With Mount Sinai Health System to Create Digital Series Featuring Innovations in Science and Medicine
Newswise
June 25, 2019
The Papers that Revealed the Worldwide Theft from the Public Purse
Modern Times Review
February 25, 2019
Epix Sets ‘The Panama Papers’ Documentary From Alex Winter For November Premiere
Deadline Hollywood
October 9, 2018
Alex Winter, Laura Poitras, Elijah Wood & ‘Undefeated’ Producer Glen Zipper Team For Panama Papers Doc, First Footage
Deadline Hollywood
September 5, 2018
Read MoreGinuwine Inks With Bungalow Media To Develop Unscripted Series
Deadline Hollywood
August 24, 2018
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'The Real SVU': We Kicked Open The Courtroom Doors and Got Justice For Sex-Crime Victims
Deadline Hollywood
May 21, 2018
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GIVE Wins Emmy for Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series
Hollywood Reporter
April 29, 2018
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Sundance TV Continues Its Exploration Of True Crime By Partnering With Award-winning Talent And Greenlighting Three New Docuseries
Broadcasting Cable
January 23, 2018
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Thirteen’s Great Performances Series Presents Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live In Concert: A Great Performances Special
Markets Insider
October 20, 2017
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Bungalow Media + Entertainment and Intrepid Inc. Launch New Inspirational TV Series "GIVE" to Air on NBC This Fall
PR Newswire
October 4, 2016
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'Prison Break,' '24: Legacy,' 'Lethal Weapon' and More Trailers From Fox's 2016-17 Season
Variety
May 16, 2016
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‘The Exorcist’, ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Making History’, ‘Pitch’, ‘The Mick’ & ‘APB’ Get Fox Series Orders
Deadline Hollywood
May 10, 2016
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TV highlights: The Documentary ‘Spring Broke’ Airs on Showtime
Washington Post
March 24, 2016
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FilmBuff Bags Rights To ‘We The People: The Market Basket Effect’, Sets Spring Release
Deadline Hollywood
March 23, 2016
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‘The Confirmation’ Review: Clive Owen’s Father-Son Comedy Is Pure Delight'
Deadline Hollywood
March 17, 2016
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Review: In ‘The Confirmation,’ a Troubled Father and Tender Son Bond
The New York Times
March 17, 2016
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Justin Kirk To Topline Fox Drama Pilot ‘APB’, Eric Winter Co-Stars
Deadline Hollywood
March 11, 2016
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'Spring Broke' Documentary Tells Story of Fort Lauderdale, Daytona Beach Rivalry
Sun Sentinel
March 8, 2016
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Watch: First Trailer For 'The Confirmation' Starring Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt, And More
Indiewire
January 27, 2016
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Clive Owen Tries To Know His Son Better in First Confirmation Trailer
Entertainment Weekly
January 27, 2016
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Fox Orders Drama Pilots From Len Wiseman, Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec
Deadline
January 25, 2016
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‘Suits’ Creator Aaron Korsh Signs New Deal With UCP, Previews Season 5B
Deadline
January 20, 2016
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Reviews: Amazon Pilots Include a Revolt and the Supernatural
The New York Times
November 4, 2015
Read More'Interviewing the Team Behind We The People: The Market Basket Effect
The Huffington Post
October 19, 2015
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'TIFF: Saban Nabs 'The Confirmation' Starring Clive Owen (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter
September 12, 2015
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Smithsonian Ready For Its Hollywood Close-Up With Storied Media Deal
Deadline
August 4, 2015
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USA Picks Up 1940s Hollywood Drama Pilot ‘Paradise Pictures’ From ‘Suits’ Duo
Deadline Hollywood
April 28, 2015
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Disney, ‘Breaking Bad’ Creator Vince Gilligan Taking Another Whack At Jack And The Beanstalk
Deadline Hollywood
April 22, 2015
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Amazon Ordering Comedy Pilot From Bob Nelson & Sacha Baron Cohen
Deadline Hollywood
April 22, 2016
Read More'Nebraska' Scribe Bob Nelson’s 'The Confirmation' Shopped At Berlin By Arclight
Deadline Hollywood
February 6, 2015
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CONTACT
Bungalow Media + Entertainment is headquartered in the heart of New York City.
Bungalow Media + Entertainment
505 Park Avenue, Suite 1802
New York, NY 10022.
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