Muck Media

Media ProductionCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

Muck Media is an independent media production company based in Los Angeles, California, focused on documentary storytelling and collaborative filmmaking. The firm began publicly with high-profile projects for streaming and television, including a Sundance premiere for Mucho Mucho Amor, a Netflix Original feature about Walter Mercado, and an eight-episode National Geographic series titled Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, which examines global black markets. The catalog also includes Science Fair, a film that won Sundance’s Festival Favorite Award and SXSW’s Audience Award, and is being developed as a narrative feature after being acquired by National Geographic with Elizabeth Banks and Universal Pictures attached to the adaptation. 

The company has produced a diverse slate of investigative and documentary projects, ranging from public health and crime to sports and cross-border issues, including Death by Fentanyl, Chasing El Chapo, Bucking the Beast, The Opposition, and Borderland. The body of work has earned multiple major awards, including a Critic’s Choice Award, a Peabody, a duPont, the Livingston Award for Young Journalists, an Overseas Press Club Award, and an Emmy. Based in Los Angeles with a small- to mid-sized team, Muck Media emphasizes storytelling and people, reflecting a long-standing collaborative culture that began among friends and collaborators.

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