Producer Marlo Miazga Starts M Media; First Project Is a CBC Documentary on Personal Loss
Canadian producer and showrunner Marlo Miazga has founded M Media, a Toronto-based company focused on IP-driven scripted and unscripted content. Its debut commission is the feature documentary "Ground Control" for CBC, which explores the suicide of Miazga's 14-year-old son in 2020. The project is tied to a memoir of the same name, co-written with journalist Katrina Onstad and slated for publication by Random House Canada.
Miazga previously served as head of Sphere Media, a major Canadian production outfit, before stepping out on her own. Her new venture, M Media, is positioned as an intellectual-property-driven operation spanning both scripted series and unscripted programming from its Toronto base.
The documentary marks Miazga's first commission under the new banner and arrives alongside a companion memoir. The book, co-authored with journalist Katrina Onstad, is scheduled for release through Random House Canada, with both projects tracing the aftermath of her son Mars's death in 2020.
This project may resonate widely with audiences grappling with grief and mental-health crises, as personal tragedy becomes public storytelling. The dual documentary-and-memoir format could normalize conversations around teen suicide, potentially offering solace to bereaved families and encouraging more candid discourse on youth mental health. It may also signal a growing trend of creators channeling lived experience into prestige nonfiction, though its emotional weight could limit mainstream appeal.