On Octorber 23 , 2005 , Draper and Wolff entered the film at the Hamptons International Film Festival , where it won the audience award for family feature film . Meanwhile , Albie Hecht , a former Nickelodeon executive and founder of Spike TV , was in the audience that day . He ended up bringing the film to Nickelodeon , suggesting they develop it into a television series . Tom Asheim , the vice president and general manager of Nickelodeon said : Eventually , the staff at Nickelodeon persuaded Draper to put together a television series after comprising with short , 13 episode seasons over the summer and early autumn , so the boys were able to attend private school throughout most of the school year . Draper recalled , " When Nickelodeon first asked us about doing a series , we said , ' How about a cartoon , so the kids could stay normal ? ' They said , ' No , we love your kids . ' " In the summer through the early fall of 2006 , the first season of the self-titled series took production . On January 27 , 2007 , '' The Naked Brothers Band : The Movie '' aired on Nickelodeon , and the self-titled series aired February 3 . Polly Draper is the creator , head writer , executive producer , and frequent director of the series , while Albie Hecht is the executive producer and his production company Worldwide Biggies distributes the series . Kidz House Entertainment also distributes the series . It is located at Stage 1 , which is a division of Broadway Stages in Greenpoint , Brooklyn where the show is filmed . The series premiere brought Nickelodeon 's highest-rated premiere in seven years
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
Nat and Alex Wolff