Draft:Mandalay Sports Media (MSM)

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Mandalay Sports Media (MSM) is an American sports production and media company.[1][2][3][4] It develops motion pictures, scripted series, documentaries, and unscripted series.[5][6][7] MSM’s notable productions include The Last Dance, The Redeem Team, and The Captain.[8][9][10][11]

Overview[edit]

MSM functions independently and shares resources with Mandalay's existing sports entities,[12][13] Mandalay Professional Sports,[14][15] which co-owns The Golden State Warriors and Mandalay Baseball.[16][17][18]

MSM programs are distributed across Netflix, ESPN, HBO, CBS, Discovery+, Turner Sports, Showtime, Fox Sports, FIFA, and Vice Media.[19][20][21][22]

History[edit]

Mike Tollin and Peter Guber co-founded MSM on March 21, 2012.[23][24][25][26] Headquartered in Studio City, California, USA,[27][28] is a subsidiary of Mandalay Entertainment Group, an American entertainment company.[29][18] In 2015, Dick Glover was appointed as the CEO of the company.[30][31][32]

In 2015, Sports Illustrated Films initiated a collaboration with Mandalay Sports Media and Velocity to produce additional new programming under the new banner.[33][34][35][36]

In 2014, MSM partnered with the La Costa Film Festival to help curate its sports-themed narrative and documentary program and expand its reach to filmmakers and distributors.[37][38][39][40] The festival showcased features, documentaries, shorts, and local filmmakers of all genres.[41][42][43][44]

MSM partnered with filmmaker Frank Marshall to produce a five-episode signature documentary series for the International Olympic Committee's global digital platform, the Olympic Channel.[45][46][47][48]

MSM and IMG initiated a joint venture to develop and produce sports-focused feature films. The partnership will launch its debut project, The Art of Fielding, based on the book by Chad Harbach.[45][49][50][51]

Productions[edit]

Year Title Type Distributor Notes
2014 Undrafted Documentary Series NFL Network Three seasons.
  1. Sports Emmy 2016 and 2017[45] - Nominee - Outstanding Documentary Series
Iverson Documentary Showtime
Every Street United TV Series Xbox [52]
2015 Sin City Saints Yahoo! Screen [53]
Katy Perry: Making Of The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show Documentary Film NFL Network [54]
Kareem: Minority of One HBO 1. Black Reel Awards 2016 - Nominee - Outstanding Television Documentary or Special Clare Lewins

2. Image Awards (NAACP) 2016 - Nominee - Outstanding Documentary (Television)

3. PGA Awards 2016 - Nominee - Outstanding Sports Program

4. Sports Emmy Awards 2016 - Winner - Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics Gary Lionelli (composer) Home Box Office (HBO) Mandalay Sports Media (MSM)[55][56][57]

Vice Sports' Weekly Series Document Series Vice Sports [58]
2016 Chuck Biographical Sports Drama Film IFC Films Starring Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Ron Perlman, and Naomi Watts. Premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. Screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.[45]
L.A. Clippers Dance Squad Documentary Series E! [59][60]
2017 CounterPunch Documentary Netflix Directed by Jay Bulger[45]
Morningside Five ESPN Directed by Mike Tollin
2018 NFL Undiscovered Documentary Series NFL Network
Walkoff Stories: Improbably Gibson Fox Sports 1 Directed by Jon Weinbach
The Nagano Tapes: Rewound, Replayed & Reviewed Documentary Film Olympic Channel Outside/Beyond Cinema (Mimo kino) Award - Winner - 2018 Czech Film Critics' Awards
The People's Fighters: Teofilo Stevenson and the Legend of Cuban Boxing Directed by Peter Berg
2019 We Are LAFC Documentary Series ESPN+
One Crazy Night In Baseball Documentary Fox Sports 1 Directed by Jon Weinbach
2020 The Comedy Store Documentary Series Showtime Five episodes. Directed by Mike Binder
Underrated TV Series Bleacher Report and TBS Three seasons (2020-2022)[61][62]
Iron Hammer Documentary Film Olympic Channel [63]
The Last Dance TV Documentary Mini-series ESPN and Netflix Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 - Winner - Nominee, AAFCA TV Honors 2020 - Winner, American Cinema Editors, USA 2021 - Winner, Black Reel Awards for Television 2020 - Winner, Cinema Eye Honors Awards,[64][65][66][67] US 2021 - Nominee, FOCAL International Awards 2021 - Nominee, Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2021 - Winner, Image Awards (NAACP) 2021 - Winner,[68][69][70] Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2021 - Nominee, Online Film & Television Association 2020 - Winner, PGA Awards 2021 - Winner, Television Critics Association Awards 2020 - Winner[71][72][73][74][75][76]
2021 Rulon Documentary Film NBCSN
2022 Klutch Academy Documentary Series BET
The Redeem Team Documentary Netflix Executive Produced with Frank Marshall, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James[23][77][78][79][80][81]
The Captain Documentary Mini-series ESPN [82][83][84]
A Brilliant Curling Story Documentary Discovery [85]
2023 Stand Showtime
Upcoming Five Rings Films Documentary Series Olympic Channel [86][87]
Upcoming 30 For 30 (Production) Film ESPN [45]

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