Industry Entertainment Founded 2013 | Website matadorcontent.com Founders Jay Peterson, Todd Lubin | |
Headquarters New York City, Los Angeles | ||
Matador Content (also known as Matador) is an American production company founded in 2013 by Jay Peterson and Todd Lubin. The company produces feature films, unscripted television, scripted television and digital programming. Some of Matador’s television series include the AMC series Geeking Out, the GSN series Hellevator, the A&E series Epic Ink, Cement Heads, and Country Bucks, the Lifetime (TV network) series Project Runway: Fashion Startup, the History (U.S. TV channel) series Great Minds with Dan Harmon, and the Emmy Award nominated Spike series Lip Sync Battle hosted by LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen.
Matador’s feature film credits include the Emmy Award nominated HBO documentary Banksy Does New York, which premiered at DOC NYC in 2014, Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot, a behind-the-scenes look at the 2001 cult indie film Wet Hot American Summer, and Give Me Future, which documented Major Lazer's groundbreaking 2016 concert in Havana, Cuba.
In 2014, Matador Content formed a joint venture with Untitled Entertainment, the management company behind Jared Leto, Penelope Cruz and Naomi Watts.