OUR HISTORY
OUR VISION
OUR MISSION
OUR EXPERTISE
CAREERS
CONTACT
SUBMISSIONS
OUR STORY:
NON-STOP LAUGHTER.
We were born to make you laugh. From our humble beginnings in 1983 at the Saint-Denis Theatre in Montreal to laughing our way to become the largest global player in the humour industry, we’ve made funny our business. Each year we make millions of people laugh with festivals at home, in Montreal and abroad. We’re home to some serious talent. We’ve hosted comedy’s greatest and watched up-and-comers skyrocket right before our laugh-so-hard-we’re crying eyes. We’ve staged our own comedy, musical and touring shows. We’ve broadcasted digital and television content. We know how to throw a party. And we’re not even close to leaving the spotlight.
OUR VISION:
LAUGHTER IS
OUR
LANGUAGE.
Leverage the strength of our comedy content to become a creative multiplatform powerhouse internationally recognized by fans, talent and partners.
OUR BRAND PILLARS:
OUR MISSION, VISION AND
VALUES MAKES
US, US.
MISSION
To spread laughter worldwide.
VALUES
Innovation and creativity, collaboration, integrity, empathy and high-performance driven. (Which
performance, you ask? Both! We’re here to entertain and get great results while we’re at it.)
OUR PEOPLE:
OUR PEOPLE ARE
WHAT WE
VALUE MOST.
THE BIG BOSSES
BRUCE
HILLS
-> PRESIDENT
JUST FOR LAUGHS
BRUCE
HILLS
-> PRESIDENT
JUST FOR LAUGHS
Just For Laughs’ President Bruce Hills has been a driving force behind
the world’s biggest comedy festival and most
prestigious comedy brand for over 30 years.
Beginning his Just For Laughs career as a driver in 1986, Hills has since held countless roles within the organization, including Director of Programming, Vice President of International
Television, COO, and now President. He oversees all of the company’s English business properties across global markets, focusing on growing the business in all divisions.
Under his helm, Just For Laughs has significantly expanded its reach by launching festivals in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney, Australia.
Over the past three decades, Hills has discovered and cultivated relationships with some of the industry’s most successful and influential artists, including Dave Chappelle, Kevin
Hart, Trevor Noah, Judd Apatow, Wanda Sykes, Jimmy Fallon, Bill Burr, to name a few.
Hills’ talents in TV development have led to over 1,500 Just For Laughs television specials broadcast by various key networks from around the world. The company’s TV deals have reached new
heights, partnering with Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Productions, to name a few. As an award winning producer, Hills received the Canadian Screen
Award for the PK Subban: Shots Fired Special, served as Executive Producer on Amazon Prime’s critically acclaimed 6-episode docuseries Inside Jokes, and was a consulting producer on NBC's Bring the Funny.
Hills also helped establish Just For Laughs Live as the #1 comedy promoter in Canada, which produces sold out tours across the country. Named one of Variety’s “50 Individuals Who Impacted Comedy”, declared “The King of Comedy” by The Globe and Mail and hailed by the UK’s edition of GQ Magazine as “the most powerful man in international comedy”, Hills is frequently a keynote speaker and panelist at various festivals across the globe
ALAIN
BOUCHER
-> EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ▪
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ALAIN
BOUCHER
-> EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ▪
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Alain Boucher is CPA, has close to 30 years of experience in various industries such as Mining , Aerospace, Telecommunications, Information technology and manufacturing. Alain has worked for small and medium enterprises as well as internationally known companies like Rolls-Royce and Armstrong. Prior to joining Groupe Juste pour rire, he was CFO of Show Canada industries and was CFO of Alcoa Canada (Canada, Norway and Iceland) prior to that. He was managing Finance, I.T. and Procurement.
MARINA DI PANCRAZIO
-> CHIEF CONTENT REVENUE
MARINA DI PANCRAZIO
-> CHIEF CONTENT REVENUE
Marina Di Pancrazio, JFL's Chief Content Revenue Officer oversees scripted and unscripted TV development/production (excluding JFL Gags and Stand-Up tapings), as well distribution sales and OTT expansion for the Just For Laugh Group. Marina has over 20 years of Film & TV entertainment experience, both domestically and internationally, most notably in the areas of production, distribution, programming and content strategy. Previously, Marina was with The Walt Disney Company for 12 years, first as the Disney Channels Worldwide Executive for Canada where she oversaw multiple Disney Channel, platform and app launches, and most recently as the Director of Sales Distribution Service & Marketing (representing properties from Pixar, Marvel, LucasFilm, ABC TV, and the Academy Awards). Prior to joining Disney, Marina was the Production Executive for Original Productions at The Movie Network. Marina began her career in film production and holds a BFA in Cinema Production as well as an MBA from Queens Smith School of Business.
PATRICK ROZON
-> CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
GROUPE JUSTE POUR RIRE
PATRICK ROZON
-> CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
GROUPE JUSTE POUR RIRE
An entrepreneur, teacher, film and theatre director, and artistic director, Patrick Rozon has held multiple roles during his career.
He has worked in the arts for over 20 years, demonstrating his talents through musical performances, the series Tout Show and various shows in the Just For Laughs Festival’s Street Arts programming.
A veritable jack of all trades, Patrick is also a director who has worked in the music video industry and made a dozen short films, including the 3h33 trilogy, which won a number of awards at various Quebec film festivals.
Patrick served as Luc Petit’s assistant for multiple Terra Karnaval shows and a major event at Cinécità in Italy. He has also directed a number of shows, including La Parade des jumeaux (The Twins Parade) and La Parade de la grande fête du Québec, and various street productions for the Just For Laughs Festival.
What’s more, he is the founder and president of Festival Première Prise, a film festival for high school students created in 2007. The festival won a partnership award from Quebec’s school boards as the education-related cultural project with the greatest reach.
Patrick is the general manager and artistic director of Zoofest and Off-JFL, an event created by Juste pour rire/Just For Laughs focusing on talented up-and-coming performers of various kinds that attracts over 150,000 attendees each year.
He is also the co-founder of a festival celebrating YouTube culture, OhMyFest!, whose three editions in Montreal and Quebec were a tremendous success.
In 2016 and 2017, he was the general manager and artistic director of the Mondial des Jeux, which brought together more than 300,000 board game and video game players.
In addition, Patrick is the driving force behind the newly launched Juste pour senior, an initiative for Quebec golden-agers that holds various activities in July and throughout the year.
He has also directed Joel Legendre’s most recent show, which toured across Quebec and Europe for three years, as well as shows by Annie Brocoli, Anne-Marie Losique and Yves Corbeil presented as part of Zoofest.
In 2018, he was named vice-president of content for the Groupe Juste pour rire, which recently developed the first digital international comedy festival, HAHAHA, streamed online in May 2021.
Patrick is a board member of the École Nationale de l’Humour and the Association des Professionnels de l’Industrie de l’Humour.
MÉLANIE GRENIER
-> VICE-PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
MÉLANIE GRENIER
-> VICE-PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Mélanie Grenier has over 20 years of experience in human resources and a degree in psychosociology from UQAM, along with an MBA in management consulting. She has previously worked at Solotech, MPC, Ubisoft and Groupe TVA, among others. Her career path is a testament to her in-depth knowledge of her field and ability to manage human resources at companies which are constantly evolving.
OUR EXPERTISE:
WE WERE
BORN
TO LAUGH.
We don’t just make people laugh. We make laughter. It’s our craft and our brand. Everything we say and do pushes the boundaries of laughter and comedy. Laughter is both our natural resource and the finished product. We want to make the world a better place. Not only do we do this with our festivals and touring shows, but also with fan conferences such as ComedyCON, industry conferences such as ComedyPRO, as well as hit shows including Gags, Roast Battle and Humour Resources for broadcast, OTT and digital channels around the world. We also bring laughter with our audio label, Just For Laughs Originals and our Just For Laughs Canada Sirius XM satellite radio channels!
CAREERS:
LAUGHTER
IS
SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Laughter is a serious business, come be part of it! Through teamwork, passion and performance, help us create funny moments.
Submissions:
Submitting to perform
at a Just For Laughs Festival
Whilst performing at our Just For Laughs festivals is invite only, there are several opportunities within our Montreal ComedyPRO event where we invite submissions.