about me

I'm an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, writer and photographer focused on stories at the intersection of sports, pop culture, politics and social justice.

After graduating from Cornell University, I earned my master's from the Columbia University School of Journalism, spent four years as a video producer at the Huffington Post, launched a new late-night talk show on VH1, worked as a producer/showrunner at Time Inc. and traveled the world as the field/story producer for Amazon Prime's Novak Djokovic documentary project.

I served as the Co-Executive Producer for Welcome to Wrexham, the Emmy award-winning FX docuseries chronicling Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s journey into football club ownership in Wrexham, Wales. Read more on that experience here.

I am currently the Showrunner & Executive Producer of POLO, a Netflix docuseries focused on the world’s top polo athletes and their families during the 2024 U.S. Open.

I love Sade, skiing and Cherry Garcia.

Contact me at mbalac23@gmail.com