Kandoo Films

Established in 1992 by Oscar nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer Howard Barish, Kandoo Films is a Los Angeles based production company that specializes in creating independent feature films, documentaries, and promotional and digital content for television and film.

Kandoo Films recently co-produced the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary 13TH with Ava DuVernay, which garnered an Oscar nomination and multiple award wins including four Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, Peabody Award, NAACP Image Award, and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Documentary. Additional credits include the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary VENUS VS., HELLO BEAUTIFUL: INTERLUDES WITH JOHN LEGEND, PUNCHING HENRY, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, I WILL FOLLOW, E! Entertainment’s reality series The Entertainer, and FOX’s historic web series, 24Inside. Kandoo has also produced multiple Promax and Mobius Award-winning advertising and branding campaigns for NBC, CBS, FOX, The CW, and many others.

With a focus on developing content from emerging filmmakers, Kandoo is currently producing and financing a new film slate as part of its recently established fund for low-budget features. The first three films from the slate, BROKEN STAR (Analeigh Tipton, Tyler Labine), HOSPITALITY (Emmanuelle Chriqui, Sam Trammell) and SKIN IN THE GAME (Erica Ash, Elisabeth Harnois, Angelica Celaya, Sammy Hanratty) were all released Theatrically and on VOD. To extend this mission, Howard launched the distribution arm of Kandoo Films – Kandoo Releasing – in 2018, which distributes an eclectic slate of indie films from emerging and diverse artists with day-and-date theatrical and VOD/digital releases. Forthcoming films include the dramatic thriller BLINDFIRE (Brian Geraghty, Sharon Leal, Bethany Joy Lenz), and documentaries AMERICAN STREET KID and A STEP WITHOUT FEET in 2020.