---
name: "Brian Kavanaugh-Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-kavanaugh-jones"
fi1m_id: "brian-kavanaugh-jones"
imdb_id: "nm2271939"
tmdb_id: 999763
wikidata_id: "Q16533681"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 September 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-22T02:52:35.160380+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Kavanaugh-Jones

## Identity

Brian Kavanaugh-Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-kavanaugh-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-kavanaugh-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm2271939
- **TMDB ID:** 999763
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16533681
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16533681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2271939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999763

Producer. Born 1 September 1977 in Northern California.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 September 1977, Northern California
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Brian Kavanaugh Jones
- **Frequently works with:** [Arnon Milchan](https://film.one/person/arnon-milchan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as producer, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 64 (8)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 65 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Horror 5, Thriller 5, Crime 3, Music 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $800m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16533681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2271939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999763

## Coming up

- *The Last Druid* (2027-06-24), Producer
- *Untitled Longlegs Film* (2028-01-13), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Don't Say Good Luck*](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian Kavanaugh-Jones is a film producer. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in fine arts and began his career as an agent at Creative Artists Agency before founding the production company Automatik.

His credits include *Paranormal Activity* (2007), *Insidious* (2010), *Take Shelter* (2011), *Sinister* (2012) and its sequel, multiple entries in the *Insidious* series, *Upgrade* (2018), *The Bikeriders* (2024) and *Longlegs* (2024). He has frequently collaborated with director Jeff Nichols.

Kavanaugh-Jones later partnered with Fred Berger at Range Media Partners and has more recently joined Oddfellows as partner and co-president. He is married to filmmaker Shana Feste.

*Sources: imdb.com, web.archive.org, news.ucsc.edu, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Don't Say Good Luck* (2026), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md)
- *Insidious: Out of the Further* (2026), Fi1m 55, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-out-of-the-further.md)
- *Primetime* (2026), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/primetime.md)
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *Longlegs* (2024), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Insidious: The Red Door* (2023), Fi1m 54, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-the-red-door.md)
- *Insidious* (2011), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/insidious.md)
- *Take Shelter* (2011), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md)

## Complete filmography (122)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Untitled Longlegs Film* (2028), Producer
- *The Last Druid* (2027), Producer
- *Primetime* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/primetime.md)
- *Insidious: Out of the Further* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-out-of-the-further.md)
- *The Wrong Girls* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Don't Say Good Luck* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md)
- *Keeper* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Shell* (2025), Producer
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Follow* (2025), Producer
- *Dangerous Animals* (2025), Producer
- *The Monkey* (2025), Producer
- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *The Last Stand of Ellen Cole* (2024), Producer
- *The Edge of Sleep* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Balestra* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Long Distance* (2024), Producer
- *Dandelion* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Longlegs* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Water Rises* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Insidious: The Red Door* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-the-red-door.md)
- *Psi Cops* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Snorkeling* (2023), Producer
- *At Midnight* (2023), Producer
- *Kaleidoscope* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Pam & Tommy* (2022), series, as Production Assistant
- *Boys from County Hell* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Mainstream* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Monday* (2021), Producer
- *Little Fish* (2021), Producer
- *Outside the Wire* (2021), Producer
- *Shadow in the Cloud* (2021), Producer
- *Mortal* (2020), Producer
- *Gretel & Hansel* (2020), Producer
- *Run Sweetheart Run* (2020), Producer
- *John Henry* (2020), Producer
- *Seberg* (2019), Producer
- *Dreamland* (2019), Producer
- *Honey Boy* (2019), Producer
- *Strange but True* (2019), Producer
- *Low Tide* (2019), Producer
- *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2019), Producer
- *Riot Girls* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Bad Education* (2019), Producer
- *The Professor* (2019), Producer
- *Little Woods* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Teen Spirit* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Berserk* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Hummingbird Project* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Boo!* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Wolf Hour* (2019), Producer
- *Destroyer* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Mountain Rest* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Monster Party* (2018), Producer
- *At First Light* (2018), Executive Producer
- *All About Nina* (2018), Executive Producer
- *I Think We're Alone Now* (2018), Producer
- *Operation Finale* (2018), Producer
- *Elizabeth Harvest* (2018), Producer
- *Boundaries* (2018), Producer
- *Upgrade* (2018), Producer
- *The Titan* (2018), Producer
- *The Ashram* (2018), Executive Producer
- *In the Cloud* (2018), Producer
- *Insidious: The Last Key* (2018), Executive Producer
- *My Pretty Pony* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Hollow in the Land* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Sweet Virginia* (2017), Producer
- *Revolt* (2017), Producer
- *Sand Castle* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Thumper* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Beyond* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Come and Find Me* (2016), Producer
- *Loving* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Collide* (2016), Producer
- *Midnight Special* (2016), Producer
- *The Wilding* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Newcomer* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Sinister 2* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Air* (2015), Producer
- *Insidious: Chapter 3* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Grace* (2014), Producer
- *A Haunted House 2* (2014), Executive Producer
- *13 Sins* (2014), Producer
- *Afflicted* (2014), as French Police Officer · Executive Producer
- *The Signal* (2014), Producer
- *Insidious: Chapter 2* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Hummingbird* (2013), Executive Producer
- *The Lords of Salem* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Welcome to the Punch* (2013), Producer
- *Dead Man Down* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Dark Skies* (2013), Executive Producer
- *A Haunted House* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Bullet to the Head* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Sinister* (2012), Producer
- *The Bay* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Babymakers* (2012), Producer
- *Safe* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Take Shelter* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md)
- *Insidious* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/insidious.md)
- *Skyline* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Hide and Don't Speak*, Producer
- *Hexas*, Producer
- *Bald Eagles*, Producer
- *The Young People*, Producer
- *King Snake*, Producer
- *The Teacher*, Producer
- *Carrier*, Producer
- *Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein*, Producer
- *The Present Times*, Executive Producer
- *The Girl Who Was Plugged In*, Producer
- *Deadlocked*, Producer
- *Triton*, Producer
- *Bluefly*, Executive Producer
- *Fred & Ginger*, Producer
- *36 Questions*, Producer
- *Dan and Sam*, Producer
- *Head Games*, Producer
- *Boxman*, Producer
- *Wild Game*, Producer
- *Renegotiate*, Producer

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