Merman (company)
British production company
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Merman is a British film and television production company founded in 2014 by Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford.
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Production company |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Owner | Sharon Horgan |
| Website | hellomerman |
History
Merman was co-founded in 2014 by Irish actress, writer, director, producer, and comedian Sharon Horgan and producer Clelia Mountford.[1][2]
In January 2018, the company entered a first-look overall deal with Amazon Studios. Through this deal, the company partnered with Kapital Entertainment on all content from this deal.[3]
In December 2019, the company entered a two-year first-look distribution deal with Sky Group's Sky Studios, with NBCUniversal's NBCUniversal Global Distribution also handling international sales for co-developed projects.[4][5] Both NBCUniversal and Sky Group are subsidiaries of Comcast.[4] Also in December 2019, the company entered a multi-year first-look deal with Apple Inc., which replaced Amazon Studios' first-look deal with the company.[6][7]
In November 2024, the company's co-founder, Clelia Mountford, left Merman to launch her own production company, Sunburnt Penguin, with All3Media.[8]
In February 2025, the company entered a two-year first-look television deal with HBO.[9][10]
Filmography
Television
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Gross (worldwide) |
Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Herself | Phyllida Lloyd | N/a | with Cornerstone Films, Element Pictures, Fís Éirann / Screen Ireland, BBC Films, and BFI | [30] |
| 2021 | Rebel Hearts | Pedro Kos | N/a | with Anchor Entertainment, Level Forward, Artemis Rising Foundation, Whitewater Films, Quiet, XTR | [31] |
Notes
- 2022 Christmas special