---
name: "Ross Katz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ross-katz"
fi1m_id: "ross-katz"
imdb_id: "nm0441839"
tmdb_id: 1777
wikidata_id: "Q750877"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T05:33:57.632212+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."
---

# Ross Katz

## Identity

Ross Katz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ross-katz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ross-katz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0441839
- **TMDB ID:** 1777
- **Wikidata ID:** Q750877
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Katz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q750877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1777

Producer. Born 19 May 1971 in Philadelphia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 May 1971, Philadelphia
- **Active:** 1992–2006
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 producing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Sofia Coppola](https://film.one/person/sofia-coppola.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 81 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $225m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Katz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q750877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1777

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Marie Antoinette*](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Ross Katz is an American film producer, screenwriter and director. Born in Philadelphia on 19 May 1971, he began in the industry as a grip on Quentin Tarantino's *Reservoir Dogs* (1992) after dropping out of film school. He later worked at the independent production company Good Machine in New York, producing his first features there.

Katz co-produced Todd Field's *In the Bedroom* (2001) and Sofia Coppola's *Lost in Translation* (2003), both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also produced Coppola's *Marie Antoinette* (2006). In 2009 he made his directorial debut with the HBO film *Taking Chance*, which he co-wrote; the project earned him Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America awards. Subsequent directorial credits include *Adult Beginners* (2014) and *The Choice* (2016).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)
- *In the Bedroom* (2001), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-bedroom.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Happiness* (1998), Fi1m 78, Post Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *Reservoir Dogs* (1992), Fi1m 86, Grip — [page](https://film.one/film/reservoir-dogs.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Sole Survivor of Flight 119* (2026), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Down Low* (2023), Producer
- *Strange but True* (2019), Executive Producer
- *My Dinner with Hervé* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Story of a Girl* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Skin* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Choice* (2016), Director
- *Adult Beginners* (2014), Director
- *Road, Movie* (2010), Producer
- *Taking Chance* (2009), Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'* (2004), Camera Operator
- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)
- *The Laramie Project* (2002), Executive Producer
- *In the Bedroom* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-bedroom.md)
- *Trick* (1999), Producer
- *Happiness* (1998), Post Production Supervisor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *The Myth of Fingerprints* (1997), Post Production Supervisor
- *Reservoir Dogs* (1992), Grip — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/reservoir-dogs.md)

## Gallery

- ![Ross Katz, the director of HBO Films' Taking Chance addresses guests at Little Hall Theater on Marine Corps Base Quantico prior to the Virginia premiere of Taki (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/98060/gallery-91f0a6cae6ec.jpg) Ross Katz, the director of HBO Films' Taking Chance addresses guests at Little Hall Theater on Marine Corps Base Quantico prior to the Virginia premiere of Taki (2009) — Kathy Reesey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/RossKatzTakingChanceFeb09.jpg/1280px-RossKatzTakingChanceFeb09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ross Katz](https://film.one/media/person/98060/gallery-42bff0c516f1.jpg) Ross Katz — Kathy Reesey, U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ross_Katz.jpg/1280px-Ross_Katz.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ross Katz, the director of HBO Films' "Taking Chance," talks to guests at Little Hall Theater, Marine Corps Base Quantico, before the Virginia premiere of the f (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/98060/gallery-af5752f01036.jpg) Ross Katz, the director of HBO Films' "Taking Chance," talks to guests at Little Hall Theater, Marine Corps Base Quantico, before the Virginia premiere of the f (2009) — Kathy Reesey, U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ross_Katz_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ross_Katz_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2004: Best Picture (nominated), for *Lost in Translation*
- 2002: Best Picture (nominated), for *In the Bedroom*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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