About — Tumanguya Pictures

How it started

Our adventures started in January 2022 when two friends - Jamie and David - flew from Brussels to Los Angeles to film a documentary on one of the toughest ultramarathon in the world: the Badwater 135.

In March, after two months spent with athletes and race officials shooting b-roll and interviews, the two friends had to go home, mostly because they ran out of money.

There was just one small issue: they hadn’t filmed the race yet. Set for July 11th, the Badwater 135’s start was just a few months away. They couldn’t possibly let the previous months hard work go to waste. How on Earth would they manage to come back? There just had to be a way…

Two months later, after a horrendous but successful Kickstarter campaign, the duo managed to hire a full crew of dedicated professionals from Belgium and fly right back to the U.S.

After all, who wouldn’t want to film a 135 mile foot race in the hottest place on Earth during the hottest month of the year?

Diving into the world of ultramarathons, the newly formed crew soon realised one film wouldn’t be enough. They were just scratching the surface of those outerwordly events. Why not, they thought, make it a series?

After spending the next few months working on a business plan, the team managed to come up with a long-term vision and found investors that shared their passion.

What other races were out there? What made them so special? And what were the stories of the people running them?

Tumanguya Pictures was born.