Andrew Muscato

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.^[5] He graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.^[6]

While still an undergrad film student at NYU he produced his first feature documentary The Zen of Bobby V. for ESPN.^[7] The film chronicles baseball manager Bobby Valentine's career in Japan. Muscato and Valentine would go on to form the production company Makuhari Media.^[8] The company produces sports themed documentaries.^[9] The company's first documentary, Ballplayer: Pelotero, was met with both critical acclaim,^[10] and controversy.^[11]

In 2013, he directed his debut feature documentary Branca's Pitch, about Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca.^[12]

Muscato produced and narrated an episode of ESPN's 30 for 30 podcast series.^[13] 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.^[14]

In 2021, he directed the concert documentary, New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization, an Official Selection of the 74th Cannes Film Festival.^[15]

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.^[16] In February 2023, it was announced that Muscato and Skydance Media would re-team to produce another Peter Farrelly movie, Balls Up.^[17]