# Andrew Muscato

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

## 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

| Year | Title | 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 |
| TBA | Balls Up | Producer | Feature film |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
| 2021 | Nominated | Cannes Film Festival | Golden Eye | New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization | |