Jungleboys drops ‘boys’ from its name claiming ‘lack of female directors on roster bothers us’

Production company Jungleboys ditched the “boys” in its name while vowing to increase the number of female directors and production executives on its books.

From now on the company will be known as Jungle, with managing director Jason Burrows arguing the time was now right for them to make the name change, but said the change has been planned for months and was unrelated to the recent controversy over sexism in the industry.

“The timing is a coincidence given what’s been in the press the last couple of days/week,” said Burrows. “The name Jungle is more representative of who we are now, and with our film and TV business incorporating in the US, we should, at the very least, try and pretend to be grown ups.”

In a statement Jungle said it currently employs 15 full time staff, half of whom do not identify as ‘boys’, including Chloe Rickard who has just been promoted to partner/head of production – film & television.