Film Monkey Studios is operating under a very old system of increasing their bottom line. Their cheap prices obviously come from the fact that they do not pay the cinematographers they contract. As a wedding film maker with over 10 years experience and hundreds of films to my credit I have never worked for a company that did not pay me, at least not until I worked for Film Monkey Studios. I am owed for 4 weddings from 5 months ago. As a relatively young company I tried giving them the benefit of the doubt that they did not know that the standard in this industry is to pay anywhere from the day of the event to within 30 days. They will not answer my emails and they never have answered the phone. I live in Florida and my attorney suggests making them come to Florida to Small Claims Court. They have one more month to pay me and if not they should pack their bags for a trip to sunny Florida where a judge will decide whether or not they should pay me what they owe me.
Jason
Saint Petersburg,#2Author of original report
Fri, February 02, 2018
I see that the BBB now has them listed as Out of Business. When I tried suing them last year, I discovered that the address in Las Vegas is a UPS mailbox. A skip trace found Chris and Rebecca Portman in Ohio. When an attempt was made to serve them, he lied and said it was not him and had never heard of Rebecca nor Film Monkey Studios. I lost even more money on all that mess.