Andrew J. Muscato

Andrew Joseph Muscato (born November 26, 1985) is an American film director and producer. He is known for the feature films The Greatest Beer Run Ever and Balls Up as well as the documentary films The Zen of Bobby V., Schooled: The Price of College Sports, and New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization

Early life Muscato was born in Morristown, New Jersey. He was raised in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, where he attended Ridge High School. He graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career While still an undergrad film student at NYU he produced his first feature documentary The Zen of Bobby V. for ESPN. The film chronicles baseball manager Bobby Valentine's career in Japan. Muscato and Valentine would go on to form the production company Makuhari Media. The company produces sports themed documentaries. The company's first documentary, Ballplayer: Pelotero, was met with both critical acclaim, and controversy.

In 2013, he directed his debut feature documentary Branca's Pitch, about Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca.

Muscato produced and narrated an episode of ESPN's 30 for 30 podcast series. The episode, "The Loophole" (season 4, episode 4), chronicles Japanese baseball pitcher Hideo Nomo's journey to Major League Baseball. It debuted in November 2018.

A year later, Muscato produced a three-part investigative documentary for The Athletic into head trauma research at UNC-Chapel Hill. The documentary, "Failure to Disclose" was hosted by Armen Keteyian.

In 2021, he directed the concert documentary, New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization, an Official Selection of the 74th Cannes Film Festival.

Along with Skydance Media, he produced The Greatest Beer Run Ever, directed by Academy Award winner Peter Farrelly. It premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. In February 2023, it was announced that Muscato and Skydance Media would re-team to produce another Peter Farrelly movie, Balls Up.

Filmography YearTitle Credit Note 2008 The Zen of Bobby V Producer Documentary 2012 Ballplayer: Pelotero Executive producer Documentary 2013 Branca's Pitch Director and producer Documentary 2013 Schooled: The Price of College Sports Producer Documentary 2015 After Schooled Director and producer Documentary short 2015 Doped: The Dirty Side of Sports Director, writer and producer Documentary 2015 The Greatest Beer Run Ever Director and producer Documentary short 2016 Checkmates Director and producer Documentary short 2016 My Life with Ali Director and producer TV documentary 2016 Muhammad Ali: A Life Director and producer TV documentary 2017 The Sprinter Factory Producer Documentary short 2018 Vice Presents: Red Cards - The Donaghy Paradox Director and producer Documentary Series 2018 Mooch Director and producer Documentary 2019 American Swamp Co-Executive Producer Documentary Series / MSNBC 2021 New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization Director and producer Documentary 2022 The Greatest Beer Run Ever Producer Feature film 2026 Balls Up Producer Feature film 2026 I Play Rocky Executive Producer Feature film

Awards and nominations YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2021 NominatedCannes Film FestivalGolden EyeNew Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization