---
name: "Ken Kao"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-kao"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-21T03:43:46.885392+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."
---

# Ken Kao

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $814m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97357964, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4056338/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1024274

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Lost in London*](https://film.one/film/lost-in-london.md) (68)

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## Biography

Ken Kao is an American film producer and the founder and president of Waypoint Entertainment. He previously worked as a lawyer before entering film production.

Kao has produced or executive produced films including *The Nice Guys* (2016), *Song to Song* (2017), *Lost in London* (2017), *Hostiles* (2017), *The Glass Castle* (2017), *mid90s* (2018) and *The Favourite* (2018). He co-founded the production company Arcana with Ryan Gosling.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Hokum* (2026), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hokum.md)
- *I Love Boosters* (2026), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md)
- *Project Hail Mary* (2026), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/project-hail-mary.md)
- *The Favourite* (2018), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *Lost in London* (2017), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-london.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *I Love Boosters* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md)
- *Hokum* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hokum.md)
- *Project Hail Mary* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/project-hail-mary.md)
- *Hamlet* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Splitsville* (2025), Executive Producer
- *She Rides Shotgun* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Actor* (2025), Producer
- *Cuckoo* (2024), Producer
- *The Burden* (2023), Thanks
- *The Favourite* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *mid90s* (2018), Producer
- *Tau* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Outsider* (2018), Producer
- *Hostiles* (2017), Producer
- *Woodshock* (2017), Producer
- *The Glass Castle* (2017), Producer
- *Song to Song* (2017), Producer
- *Lost in London* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-london.md)
- *Silence* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Nice Guys* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Sea of Trees* (2016), Producer
- *Knight of Cups* (2015), Producer
- *Rampart* (2011), Producer
- *Obey*, Producer
- *Untitled William S. Burroughs Project*, Producer
- *Later the War*, Producer
- *MORA*, Producer
- *The Pull*, Producer

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