PIKLON Entertainment a film and media production company was founded in 2006 by Emmy Award winning Director James Hanlon and Producer and Media Specialist Darren Capik. 

PIKLON Entertainment is moving forward from the success of James Hanlon’s award winning 9/11 documentary film which has been seen by over 100 million people worldwide, earned 6 million dollars for UFA Fireman’s charity and garnered Mr. Hanlon with an Emmy, Peabody Award, Edward R. Morrow Award, Satellite Award and is distributed globally by Ben Silverman’s Reveille.  Pursuing a slate of leading edge documentaries exploring the human condition and compelling areas of history PIKLON has just finished their first feature titled, POPWHORE – A new American Dream”, and are currently shooting a film on Fashion Models of the 1950s titled “You Can Pay The Rent – The Life and Times of 50’s Cover Girls”.  PIKLON is looking to an exciting future of film production in both the documentary and feature fields.

JAMES HANLON - DIRECTOR. (DGA –MEMBER) first film  9/11 which aired on CBS in 2002 and then again with updates on the 5th anniversary 2006,  has earned Hanlon  several awards : The Emmy Award  , The Peabody Award , The Edward R. Murrow Award For Excellence in Broadcasting and The Satellite Award . Hanlon a retired FDNY member has been in the entertainment business for years. He has guest starred in over 15 primetime TV shows, including NYPD BLUE, all of the LAW and ORDER series , Sex and the City …he has worked with directors such as : Martin Scorsese , Sidney Lumet and Stanley Tucci to name a few .  Hanlon had appeared on the NY and Regional stages before he ever became a NYC fireman: in over 25 plays.  Born in the Bronx NY, Hanlon now splits his time between NYC and LA.

DARREN CAPIK – Is currently producing and directing PIKLON Entertainments 2nd documentary feature about fashion models in the 1950’s.  He is also an accomplished producer of numerous DVD titles in the fitness and well-being category as well as President of Brand Media Partners which is a leading international licensing agency for documentary films and special interest titles.