ABOUT US ABOUT US ABOUT US ABOUT US
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 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 aw ard-winning series Sonic Highways, Emmy award-winning series Wonder Women, and Showtime’s Time of Death.
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JAMES LEE HERNANDEZ
James Lee Hernandez is a multi-Emmy® and PGA Award nominated filmmaker and Signal Award winning podcaster. Most notably, Hernandez and his creative partner, Brian Lazarte directed, edited, wrote, and executive produced the 5-time Emmy® nominated HBO Original Documentary Series, McMillion$ (Sundance 2020). Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, and Archie Gips also executive produced.
Most recently, Hernandez executive produced the forthcoming three-part documentary series, Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza (Sundance 2024) which will be available on Paramount+ in Spring 2024.
He also wrote, directed, and executive produced the Apple TV+ Original Documentary Series, The Big Conn (SXSW 2022) as well as 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.
Hernandez is a self-taught Latinx filmmaker and founding partner of FunMeter, a TV & Film production company specializing in stranger-than-fiction scripted and non-scripted content.
BRIAN LAZARTE
Brian Lazarte is an Emmy®-nominated Producer, Director and Editor. His credits include a variety of award-winning documentaries and series. Most notably: The 5-time Emmy nominated McMillion$ (Sundance 2020) for HBO and The Big Conn (SXSW, 2022) for Apple TV+, which he wrote, directed, edited and executive produced alongside James Lee Hernandez.
His forthcoming Paramount+ documentary series Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza (Sundance 2024) will be coming 2024.
Additional notable credits include Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D, HBO's Emmy award-winning Sonic Highways, Fed Up, ESPN's Emmy award-winning Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau 30 for 30, The Price of Free (Grand Jury Prize, Sundance 2018), and Showtime's Time of Death, which won IDA's Best Limited Series in 2014. A recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker grant, Lazarte's work has been seen over the last 18-years on major networks and streaming platforms. He is a Signal Award winning podcaster as well as a founding partner of FunMeter, a TV & Film production company specializing in stranger-than-fiction scripted and non-scripted content.
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KAYE
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Production
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LAUFER
SVP Development
AMANDA FERNANDEZ ROCKWELL
Development / Producer
