M5 Industries

M5 Industries, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion picture support services
GenreVisual Effects
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
FounderJamie Hyneman
Headquarters1268 Missouri Street,
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Services
  • Research and development
  • Custom fabrication and testing
  • MythBusters
OwnerJamie Hyneman
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

M5 Industries (M5) is a special effects company located in San Francisco, California, best known as the working lab of the TV series MythBusters. Founded in 1997 by Jamie Hyneman, it specialized in producing props for movies and television. Following the conclusion of filming the Mythbusters series, it became a research and development firm.[1]

  1. ^ "Inside 'MythBusters'". HowStuffWorks. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2022.