---
name: "Ted Hope"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-hope"
fi1m_id: "ted-hope"
imdb_id: "nm0394046"
tmdb_id: 5952
wikidata_id: "Q7693309"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T04:28:06.643260+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."
---

# Ted Hope

## Identity

Ted Hope

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ted-hope
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ted-hope
- **IMDb ID:** nm0394046
- **TMDB ID:** 5952
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7693309
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Hope, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7693309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5952

Producer. Born 1 January 1962 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, United States
- **Active:** 1990–2011
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 8 producing, 1 crew, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Ang Lee](https://film.one/person/ang-lee.md), [James Schamus](https://film.one/person/james-schamus.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (6), 2000s 81 (3), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 76 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 4, Romance 3, Thriller 3, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $175m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Hope, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7693309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5952

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Wedding Banquet*](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Ted Hope is an American independent film producer. In 1990 he co-founded the New York-based production and sales company Good Machine with James Schamus. Through Good Machine he produced Ang Lee's early features, including *Pushing Hands* (1991), *The Wedding Banquet* (1993) and *Eat Drink Man Woman* (1994).

Hope later co-founded This Is That Productions. His credits include *Happiness* (1998), *The Ice Storm* (1997), *American Splendor* (2003) and *The Savages* (2007). He has also held executive roles at the San Francisco Film Society and Amazon Studios.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

### Produced (8) — the average rests on these

- *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/martha-marcy-may-marlene.md)
- *21 Grams* (2003), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *In the Bedroom* (2001), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-bedroom.md)
- *Happiness* (1998), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *The Ice Storm* (1997), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ice-storm.md)
- *Eat Drink Man Woman* (1994), Fi1m 82, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/eat-drink-man-woman.md)
- *The Wedding Banquet* (1993), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md)
- *Trust* (1990), Fi1m 79, First Assistant Director, Line Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/trust.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Unbelievable Truth* (1990), Fi1m 76, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-unbelievable-truth.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), Fi1m 87, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

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

- *This Is Buzz* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Black Sea* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Invisible Nation* (2024), Producer
- *It Doesn't Matter* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Cassandro* (2023), Producer
- *Jerry Brown: The Disrupter* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Tender Bar* (2021), Producer
- *Francesco* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Citizen K* (2019), Producer
- *A Kind of Murder* (2016), Producer
- *All Eyes and Ears* (2015), Producer
- *Starlet* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Dark Horse* (2012), Producer
- *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/martha-marcy-may-marlene.md)
- *Collaborator* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Super* (2010), Producer
- *Adventureland* (2009), Producer
- *Towelhead* (2008), Producer
- *The Savages* (2007), Producer
- *Fay Grim* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The Hawk Is Dying* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The Ex* (2006), Producer
- *Friends with Money* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Devil and Daniel Johnston* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Thumbsucker* (2005), Executive Producer
- *A Dirty Shame* (2004), Producer
- *The Door in the Floor* (2004), Producer
- *21 Grams* (2003), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *American Splendor* (2003), Producer
- *Lovely & Amazing* (2002), Producer
- *The Laramie Project* (2002), Executive Producer
- *In the Bedroom* (2001), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-bedroom.md)
- *Storytelling* (2001), Producer
- *Human Nature* (2001), Producer
- *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), Thanks — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md)
- *The Tao of Steve* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Luminous Motion* (2000), Producer
- *Love God* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Ride with the Devil* (1999), Producer
- *Fuzzy Logic* (1999), Producer
- *Happiness* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *No Looking Back* (1998), Producer
- *Office Killer* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Wonderland* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Ice Storm* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ice-storm.md)
- *The Myth of Fingerprints* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Arresting Gena* (1997), Producer
- *She's the One* (1996), Producer
- *Flirt* (1996), Producer
- *Greetings from Africa* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Walking and Talking* (1996), Producer
- *The Brothers McMullen* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Roy Cohn/Jack Smith* (1995), Producer
- *Safe* (1995), Executive Producer
- *What Happened Was...* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Amateur* (1994), Producer
- *Eat Drink Man Woman* (1994), Associate Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/eat-drink-man-woman.md)
- *The Wedding Banquet* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md)
- *Simple Men* (1992), Producer
- *Ambition* (1992), Producer
- *Surviving Desire* (1992), Producer
- *Pushing Hands* (1991), Executive Producer
- *I Was on Mars* (1991), Line Producer
- *Keep It for Yourself* (1991), Producer
- *Theory of Achievement* (1991), Producer, Assistant Director
- *Angry* (1991), Producer
- *Trust* (1990), Line Producer, First Assistant Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/trust.md)
- *The Unbelievable Truth* (1990), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-unbelievable-truth.md)
- *Frankenhooker* (1990), First Assistant Director
- *An Unremarkable Life* (1989), Associate Producer
- *Driving Me Crazy* (1988), Production Manager
- *Doom Asylum* (1988), Associate Producer
- *Lone Wolf*, Producer

## Gallery

- !["Super" Panel. Actors Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producer Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/83376/gallery-8d7a146d58b7.jpg) "Super" Panel. Actors Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producer Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International. — ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Super_Panel_1_2010_CC.jpg/1280px-Super_Panel_1_2010_CC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["Super" Panel. Actors Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producer Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/83376/gallery-c33312031922.jpg) "Super" Panel. Actors Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producer Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International. — ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Super_Panel_2_2010_CC.jpg/1280px-Super_Panel_2_2010_CC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["Super" Panel. Actors Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producet Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/83376/gallery-0598c8d87172.jpg) "Super" Panel. Actors Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producet Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International. — ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Super_Panel_5_2010_CC.jpg/1280px-Super_Panel_5_2010_CC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["Super" Panel. Left: director James Gunn, actors Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, producers Ted Hope and Miranda Bailey at  (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/83376/gallery-dc63e296fceb.jpg) "Super" Panel. Left: director James Gunn, actors Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, producers Ted Hope and Miranda Bailey at  (2010) — ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Super_Panel_7_2010_CC.jpg/1280px-Super_Panel_7_2010_CC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ted Hope](https://film.one/media/person/83376/gallery-532d5c554cad.jpg) Ted Hope — Image via TMDB
- !["Super" Panel. Actors Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producer Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/83376/gallery-4a6292b51953.jpg) "Super" Panel. Actors Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and producer Ted Hope at San Diego 2010 Comic-Con International. — ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Super_Panel_8_2010_CC.jpg/1280px-Super_Panel_8_2010_CC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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