WME Signs Investigative Journalist Mariana Van Zeller

EXCLUSIVE: Mariana van Zeller, the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist, filmmaker and co-founder of Muck Media, has signed with WME for representation in all areas.

Known for her reporting as a leading authority on the global shadow economy, Van Zeller has led investigations into the opioid crisis, immigration and the explosion of scamming as a global industry. The latter is the subject of her new feature doc Super Scam Me, released Oct. 17 on Hulu, Disney+ and National Geographic.

As co-founder of Muck Media, Van Zeller hosted and executive produced their flagship series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller for National Geographic. The series earned 16 Emmy wins and 88 nominations over five seasons. Other Muck Media titles include the Emmy-nominated Sundance doc Science Fair, Netflix’s Mucho Mucho Amor and The Fall of El Mayo, and HBO Max’s American Pain.

Born and raised in Portugal, Van Zeller studied journalism at Columbia University. Her work has been recognized with a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award, a Television Academy Honor and the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. She also hosts The Hidden Third, a weekly podcast about crime, black markets and the people who live inside them.

WME will work with Van Zeller to expand her business across documentaries, television, digital audio and video, publishing and beyond. The journalist continues to be managed by Michael Lasker and Nate Dixon at Mosaic.