K Studios
Encyclopedia
K Studios is an entertainment
multimedia
production company founded in 1993 by filmmakers Sean Tiedeman
& Scott Krycia
. Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania
, the company has produced a number of television
shows, commercials, documentaries, corporate videos
, websites, and feature films.
K Studios has completed projects for clients and companies as diverse as MTV
Books, Bravo (US TV channel), March of Dimes
, Service Electric
Cable TV, Fangoria Magazine, Geisinger Health System
, Anchor Bay Entertainment
, Majestic Athletic
, The Badlees
, and C.F. Martin & Company. In 2006, K Studios produced
the direct-to-video
feature film, Hell's Half Acre. Tiedeman
and Krycia
were also associate producers on the Warner Bros.
film Everything's Jake
starring Ernie Hudson
, Evil Bong
starring Tommy Chong
, and Eavesdrop
starring Ted McGinley
and Chris Parnell
. In May 2005, Tiedeman
and Krycia
were named to the Pennsylvania Eastern Business Journal's "20 Under 40" list of rising young stars.
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
production company founded in 1993 by filmmakers Sean Tiedeman
Sean Tiedeman
Sean Tiedeman is an American film director, producer, musician, and actor.- Biography :Tiedeman was raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tiedeman formed [K] Studios in 1997 with his college...
& Scott Krycia
Scott Krycia
Scott Krycia is an American film director, producer, actor, and photographer.- Biography :Krycia was raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Krycia formed [K] Studios in 1997 with his college...
. Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...
, the company has produced a number of television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
shows, commercials, documentaries, corporate videos
Corporate video
Corporate video production refers to audio-visual corporate communications material commissioned primarily for a use by a company, corporation or organisation. A corporate video is often intended for a specific purpose in a corporate or B2B environment and viewed only by a limited or targeted...
, websites, and feature films.
K Studios has completed projects for clients and companies as diverse as MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Books, Bravo (US TV channel), March of Dimes
March of Dimes
The March of Dimes Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies.-Organization:...
, Service Electric
Service Electric
Service Electric Cable TV, Inc. is a cable television company serving eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. Through three affiliates, the company operates systems in the Lehigh Valley and Wilkes-Barre , Kutztown, Hazleton, Sunbury, Mahanoy City and Bloomsburg , and Sparta, New Jersey...
Cable TV, Fangoria Magazine, Geisinger Health System
Geisinger Health System
The Geisinger Health System is a physician-led health care system of northeastern and central Pennsylvania with headquarters located in Danville, Pennsylvania.-History of Geisinger:...
, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a U.S. based home entertainment and production company and is a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz, LLC. It was previously owned by IDT Entertainment until 2006 when IDT was purchased by Starz Media. Anchor Bay markets and sells feature films, series,...
, Majestic Athletic
Majestic Athletic
Majestic Athletic is a maker of sports apparel. The company is also the current uniform provider for Major League Baseball. It has been a subsidiary of VF since 2007.-Origins:Majestic was founded by Faust Capobianco III in 1976...
, The Badlees
The Badlees
The Badlees are a Roots rock band from central Pennsylvania formed in 1990. They released several independent albums and achieved national success with their 1995 album River Songs...
, and C.F. Martin & Company. In 2006, K Studios produced
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
the direct-to-video
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
feature film, Hell's Half Acre. Tiedeman
Sean Tiedeman
Sean Tiedeman is an American film director, producer, musician, and actor.- Biography :Tiedeman was raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tiedeman formed [K] Studios in 1997 with his college...
and Krycia
Scott Krycia
Scott Krycia is an American film director, producer, actor, and photographer.- Biography :Krycia was raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Krycia formed [K] Studios in 1997 with his college...
were also associate producers on the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
film Everything's Jake
Everything's Jake
Everything's Jake is a 2000 drama film distributed by Warner Bros. The movie marks the feature writing and directorial debut of Matthew Miele along with his producing/writing partner, Chris Fetchko.-Plot:...
starring Ernie Hudson
Ernie Hudson
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz.-Early life:...
, Evil Bong
Evil Bong
Evil Bong is a 2006 horror/comedy film directed by Charles Band about a group of college stoners who smoke a bong unaware that the bong transports the smoker into a surreal world where strippers with teeth-like bras attack them. The ending features an extended cameo by Tommy Chong, of Cheech &...
starring Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, director, activist, and musician who is well known for his stereotypical portrayals of hippie-era stoners...
, and Eavesdrop
Eavesdrop (film)
-Plot:The film is centered on an old world Manhattan cafe during a busy brunch shift. A number of patrons populate the cafe, with patrons at each table representing a different genre of film, such as romantic comedy and tragedy...
starring Ted McGinley
Ted McGinley
Theodore Martin "Ted" McGinley is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television series Married... with Children and as Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith...
and Chris Parnell
Chris Parnell
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998–2006 and currently for his recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Parnell also voices Cyril Figgis on the FX animated comedy...
. In May 2005, Tiedeman
Sean Tiedeman
Sean Tiedeman is an American film director, producer, musician, and actor.- Biography :Tiedeman was raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tiedeman formed [K] Studios in 1997 with his college...
and Krycia
Scott Krycia
Scott Krycia is an American film director, producer, actor, and photographer.- Biography :Krycia was raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and after finishing high school he graduated from Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Krycia formed [K] Studios in 1997 with his college...
were named to the Pennsylvania Eastern Business Journal's "20 Under 40" list of rising young stars.