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FunMeter is a full-service production company specializing in premium storytelling across scripted and non-fiction for television, feature film, and podcast. It was founded in 2018 by Latinx, Emmy-nominated filmmakers James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte and focuses on character driven stories that embrace the complexities of human nature and find humor and heart where one might not think to look.

Together, Hernandez and Lazarte directed, wrote, and executive produced the 5-time Emmy-nominated HBO documentary series and podcast, McMillion$ (Sundance 2020) and the Apple TV+ documentary series and podcast, The Big Conn (SXSW 2022), which premiered in May 2022.

FunMeter has an upcoming three-part documentary series, LOLLA: The Story of Lollapalooza (Sundance 2024) premiering Spring 2024 on Paramount+. They’ve produced the soon-to-be-released feature documentary, The Herricanes (SXSW 2023), winner of the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award and the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award. 

FunMeter has worked with premier brands like McDonalds, Pepsi, FBI, Lollapalooza, and C3 Presents to name a few and continue to balance telling large scope, compelling stories that thrive in the zeitgeist.

Additional credits include award-winning documentaries and series most notably: Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D, HBO’s Emmy award-winning series Sonic Highways, Emmy award-winning series Wonder Women, and Showtime’s Time of Death.

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McMillion$ Ready for one of the most bizarre true-crime sagas ever revealed? It’s all in this six-part documentary series that details the true story of how $24 million was stolen from the McDonald’s Monopoly game during the 1990s, the mystery mas

McMillion$

Ready for one of the most bizarre true-crime sagas ever revealed? It’s all in this six-part documentary series that details the true story of how $24 million was stolen from the McDonald’s Monopoly game during the 1990s, the mystery mastermind behind the scam and the intrepid FBI agents on his trail.

The Herricanes The Houston Herricanes were a part of the first women's full tackle football league in the 1970s. Their unknown story is one of commitment, courage, and strength. Despite adversity and hardship, they fielded a team purely for the lo

The Herricanes

The Houston Herricanes were a part of the first women's full tackle football league in the 1970s. Their unknown story is one of commitment, courage, and strength. Despite adversity and hardship, they fielded a team purely for the love of the game. What they started is a movement that is still in motion today.

The Big Conn Eric C. Conn was a lawyer living a little too large in eastern Kentucky…until two whistleblowers realized he was at the center of government fraud worth over half a billion dollars, one of the largest in U.S. history. And that was jus

The Big Conn

Eric C. Conn was a lawyer living a little too large in eastern Kentucky…until two whistleblowers realized he was at the center of government fraud worth over half a billion dollars, one of the largest in U.S. history. And that was just the beginning.

LOLLA: The Story of Lollapalooza In the summer of ’91, the Lollapalooza music festival was born. What started as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction rose from the underground to launch a cultural movement and change music forever.

LOLLA: The Story of Lollapalooza

In the summer of ’91, the Lollapalooza music festival was born. What started as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction rose from the underground to launch a cultural movement and change music forever.

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