EA Media

What EA Media does

EA Media, doing business as Eaten Alive Productions, is a Santa Monica-based creative production company founded in 2001 that specializes in writing, directing, and producing short films, web series, and feature-length film and media projects. The company is led by a single disclosed principal — director/writer/producer Jon Stout — and its portfolio spans off-kilter drama, grounded horror, and surreal comedy. Notable productions include the Clio Award-winning augmented reality promotional shorts tied to Sony's "Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood," the experimental short "From the Office" (2024, screened in Turin), and the vertical web series "My Ghost Stories" (2025, Best Web Series at the Stockholm Short Festival and Unrestricted View Film Festival). Beyond original content, the company sells creative services — writing, directing, and producing — to studios and production companies on a project basis, with the disclosed marquee engagement being the Tarantino promotional AR narratives.

The business operates on two revenue streams: (1) film and series production (original content licensing/sales to streaming platforms and festival prize economics) and (2) creative services (project-based writing/directing/producing for external buyers). Go-to-market is event-driven — film-festival submissions and competitions serve as both distribution and marketing — supplemented by community-led social-media engagement across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, and LinkedIn. There is no proprietary platform technology disclosed; the "tech stack" is implied production tooling rather than products. No headcount, revenue figures, funding, or enterprise customers beyond the Tarantino project are disclosed in the source material.

Name

EA Media

Legal name

Eaten Alive Productions

Website

https://e-a-media.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eaten Alive Productions (EA Media) is a Santa Monica-based, founder-led creative production company founded in 2001 that writes, directs, and produces short films, web series, and feature projects, serving studios, production companies, and festival audiences through project-based work and original content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Media Arts & Performance (Film, Stagecraft, Lighting, Sound) (EDAMAAAJ)

Keywords

• Film production services
• Short film production
• Web series production
• Creative directing services
• Screenwriting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Film and Series Production: Producing original short films, web series, and feature-length projects for distribution through festivals, streaming platforms, and potentially theatrical release. Revenue derived from content sales, licensing, and festival awards/prizes.
2. Creative Services: Offering creative producing, directing, and writing services to studios and production companies. Wrote and produced narratives for augmented reality shorts to promote Quentin Tarantino's film.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EA Media (Eaten Alive Productions) is an independent creative production company that produces original short films, vertical web series, and feature-length screenplays, and offers creative producing, directing, and writing services to studios and production companies. Its in-house portfolio spans off-kilter drama, grounded horror, and surreal comedy, and includes award-winning promotional content (Clio-winning AR shorts for Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood"). Distribution flows through film festivals, streaming platforms, and creator platforms such as Tongal's YouTube page.

Product overview

Eaten Alive Productions is a creative production company offering film production, directing, and writing services. The company produces off-kilter drama, grounded horror, and surreal comedy content. Their portfolio includes award-winning web series (My Ghost Stories Vertical Series), Clio-winning promotional content (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood AR shorts), and experimental short films (From the Office, Chair(s), Bottles). The company is led by award-winning director and writer Jon Stout, whose work has screened at major festivals including Locarno International Film Festival, LA Film Fest, and Dances with Films.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• My Ghost Stories Vertical Series Vertical-format web series featuring ghost/horror storytelling content, optimized for mobile-first viewing and festival competition.
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood AR Promos Augmented reality shorts created as promotional content for Quentin Tarantino's film; recognized with a Clio Award.
• From the Office (2024) Experimental short film by Jon Stout, screened internationally at the Life Before Life Film Festival in Turin, Italy.
• Chair(s) Short film by EA Media; finalist in the Filmmatic Short Drama Screenplay competition.
• Bottles Short film featured on Tongal's YouTube creator's page for distribution.
• Creative Producing, Directing and Writing Services Professional creative services offered by Jon Stout to studios and production companies, covering writing, directing, and producing for film, web series, AR shorts, and promotional projects.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Tongal: Creator platform and crowdsourced video production community that has distributed Eaten Alive's 'Bottles' on its YouTube page. Adjacent ecosystem participant — not a direct competitor — but a real channel relationship already in place.

Broad incumbents

• Blumhouse Productions: Independent horror-focused production company (Get Out, Paranormal Activity franchises). Directly comparable as the dominant indie producer in grounded horror, which Eaten Alive explicitly cites as part of its creative positioning.
• A24: Leading independent film and production company that develops, produces, and distributes bold, often genre-bending feature films with festival-friendly positioning — directly relevant as both a creative benchmark and a potential distributor/acquirer for Eaten Alive's emerging feature slate.
• Participant Media: Independent film and media company producing narrative content with social impact, strong festival presence and streaming output. Overlaps with Eaten Alive on the indie-production and festival-distribution axes.
• Annapurna Pictures: Independent film production and distribution company backing distinctive, often festival-targeted projects. Comparable creative and structural fit — singular creative leadership, emphasis on distinctive content — at a meaningfully larger scale.

Direct peers

• Magnolia Pictures: Independent film distributor and producer known for releasing festival-circuit shorts, web-native content, and auteur features. Closely aligned with Eaten Alive's distribution model via film festivals and specialty releases.
• IFC Films: Independent film distributor specializing in festival-circuit, offbeat, and genre-leaning features from emerging voices — directly comparable as an indie distribution counterpart for experimental and genre shorts/features.
• Shorts International: Distributor dedicated exclusively to short films across linear TV (ShortsTV channel) and digital platforms — the most direct distribution-side peer to Eaten Alive's short-film-and-vertical-series output.
• Neon: Independent film production and distribution company focused on festival-circuit, auteur, and genre content with strong awards pedigree (Parasite, Anora). Mirrors Eaten Alive's festival-first positioning for shorts, web series, and emerging features.

Emerging players

• Stage 13: Digital-first content studio producing premium short-form and vertical series for streaming and social platforms. Comparable emerging player targeting the same mobile/streaming distribution layer Eaten Alive is pursuing with 'My Ghost Stories'.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@eatenaliveprod
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ea-media-santa-monica-
• Instagraminstagram.com/eatenaliveprod
• TikToktiktok.com/@eatenaliveprod

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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