ozark is an american crime drama television series. the show was created by bill dubuque and mark williams for netflix and produced by media rights capital. jason bateman stars as the lead character in the series, as well as a director in a number of episodes. laura linney, sofia hublitz, skylar gaertner, julia garner, jordana spiro, jason butler harner, esai morales, peter mullan, lisa emery, charlie tahan, harris yulin, janet mcteer, tom pelphrey, michael mosley, trevor long, marc menchaca and mckinley belcher iii also star. the series has earned two primetime emmy awards.