Jim McMahon (he/him) is a writer/producer and co-owner of Blue Midnight Pictures, a documentary production company he runs with his partner Talleah Bridges McMahon. His recent projects include producing an episode of the HBO Max documentary series
Through Our Eyes (2021) for Sesame Workshop and post-supervising the Amazon Studios feature documentary
My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021) for Storyville Films and Participant Media. Previously, he was an executive producer at SundanceTV in New York, where he oversaw the channel's on-air promotion for award-winning series including
The Staircase (2004),
Top of the Lake (2013), and
Rectify (2013). He is also a short form writer-producer-director and has produced two narrative features including director
Yen Tan's film
Ciao (2008), which was nominated for the Queer Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Montana, Missoula.