About Us
Under their banner Duplass Brothers Productions (DBP), award-winning filmmakers Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass and Mel Eslyn create original projects for film, television, and digital media. In television, DBP is under a first-look deal with HBO which has yielded the hit series ROOM 104, TOGETHERNESS, and the HBO animated series ANIMALS. Most recently they produced HBO's award-winning show SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE, starring Bridget Everett which was named an AFI TV Program of the Year in its first season, won a Peabody Award in its second, and was nominated for a WGA award, two Critics Choice awards and two Emmy awards in its third and final season.
In film, Mark and Jay first gained recognition in the early 2000’s for writing, directing and producing several acclaimed independent and studio films, including THE PUFFY CHAIR, BAGHEAD, CYRUS, and JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME. The teams' numerous feature film credits in the decades following have included THE ONE I LOVE, TANGERINE, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, CREEP (1 & 2), THE OVERNIGHT, Spirit Award winning 7 DAYS, OUTSIDE IN, LANGUAGE LESSONS and THE SKELETON TWINS. In 2016, Eslyn won the 2016 Independent Spirit Producer’s Award and more recently the team released Eslyn's feature directorial debut BIOSPHERE starring Sterling K. Brown alongside Mark. Other recent releases include Morrisa Maltz's JAZZY which they produced with Lily Gladstone, and Nnamdi Asomugha's debut THE KNIFE co-written with Mark.
The team frequently collaborates in the documentary space, producing Sam Jones' HBO features TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF for which they won the Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Sports Program, and JASON ISBELL: RUNNING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED. They also produced the award-winning documentary NOT GOING QUIETLY, which follows the activist and lawyer Ady Barkan, as well as the true crime feature LAST STOP LARRIMAH, which aired on HBO in the states and Netflix internationally, immediately becoming Australia's #3rd most watched show. DBP is also active in the docuseries television space, best known for producing Netflix’s WILD WILD COUNTRY, winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series in 2018. Recently winning an Emmy for Netflix’s AMERICAN CONSPIRACY:THE OCTOPUS MURDERS, the team also produced the critically acclaimed series THE LADY AND THE DALE on HBO, and both Hulu's SASQUATCH and OUT THERE: CRIMES OF THE PARANORMAL to name a few.
Mark and Jay also appear as actors in various series and films. Highlights for Mark include THE MORNING SHOW on Apple TV+ for which he was nominated for 2020 and 2024 Emmy Awards, the Oscar-winning ZERO DARK THIRTY, YOUR SISTER'S SISTER with Emily Blunt, BOMBSHELL opposite Charlize Theron, and more recently he lead Hulu's series GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY alongside Ellen Pompeo. Jay is perhaps best known for his role in Amazon’s groundbreaking series TRANSPARENT, and most recently played Michelle William's husband in FX's Emmy nominated series DYING FOR SEX. Also appearing in HBO’s INDUSTRY and Disney’s PERCY JACKSON, Jay's upcoming releases include Universal's INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE which he co-stars with Jessica Chastain, and Megan Park's STERLING POINT. While Eslyn attempts to stay behind camera, she is occasionally snuck into films such as DUCK BUTTER, where she, Mark & Jay make cameos playing themselves.
More recently Mark and Eslyn co-created the series PENELOPE on Netflix in the US, which landed in the Top 10 Most Watched TV Shows in its first week, followed by a Spirit Award nomination for the lead actress Megan Stott and two Gotham TV Award nominations for Breakthrough Limited and Best Lead. The team also released their latest installment of their CREEP franchise, the episodic THE CREEP TAPES, which in its first week became the #2 trending title on AMC+ and will be returning with it's second season this fall. And Jay's return to directing is being marked by two upcoming features, THE BALTIMORONS and SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU.