About
In 1999, armed with nothing more than an analog VHS camera, some household lights, and a dream, Stunod Pictures (as Jbird Entertainment) produced Founder/Director Jason Prugar's film, The Prize.
Stunod Pictures is a group of friends with a passion for telling stories in a visual medium. We are committed to making films telling a variety of stories for a multitude of audiences to enjoy. Each individual plays an equal and diversified role, dabbling is all aspects of filmmaking. Future plans include producing original material, a web series and a feature film. We often work with like-minded individuals and group who share our passion for storytelling.
We often get asked ‘what is a stunod?’, as well as how you pronounce it. The word is pronounced STEW-nod and while I’d like to say it’s a play on words or something that has an esoteric meaning, it is very simply "donuts" backwards.
It stems back to my elementary school days when a friend of mine, Steve Strouse, use to call everything and their mother a stunod. It came up again a couple of years ago when my son was getting old enough to repeat what I was saying. I called my brother a Stunod around my son when he was being a moron and I needed a nice name to call him. My son loved it, laughing so hard he got the hiccups. When it came time to change our name, Stunod Pictures was chosen.
“The storyteller always said, "Stories can save us."
"People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why."
– Scherzerade, Arabian Nights
- Storyteller, Aabian Nights