Nathan Kahane


Nathan Kahane is co-founder of Good Universe, an independent full-service motion picture financing company. Kahane has served as an executive producer on more than 30 films in his career and oversees the development and production of the company's growing feature slate.
Kahane's credits includes The House, the 2017 comedy starring Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, for New Line Cinema; the romantic drama Forever Interrupted with Gidden Media starring Dakota Johnson; and the sci-fi thriller Extinction, written by Spenser Cohen. Previous productions include such hits as Neighbors and Last Vegas.
Kahane oversees the company’s first look deal with Point Grey Pictures, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s production company run by James Weaver. Upcoming projects include: the Untitled Ben Schwartz Comedy with Gary Sanchez Productions to be directed by Adam McKay and starring Rogen; and The Disaster Artist directed by and starring James Franco from a script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for A24.
Kahane is also partners with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Joseph Drake in Ghost House Pictures, a production label dedicated to the financing, development and release of films in the horror thriller genre. Kahane served as Executive Producer on Don't Breathe. Ghost House has produced eight #1 box office hits including Don't Breathe, The Grudge and Evil Dead for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Career

Kahane formerly served as President of Mandate Pictures. At Mandate Pictures, he oversaw such films as Juno, the Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle franchise, the comedy 50/50, Young Adult, Hope Springs and This Is the End. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of Motion Pictures at the Los Angeles-based Senator International heading feature development and acquisition. Before joining Senator International in 2002, Kahane co-headed the development and production slate for The Canton Company, Mark Canton's production company which was housed at Warner Bros., as Executive Vice President of Production. While at The Canton Company, Kahane served as co-producer on the big-budget thriller Trapped. He also served as executive in charge of production for Angel Eyes and Get Carter and packaged high-profile titles including Alexander and Troy Kahane served in a similar capacity for Taking Lives, the Warner Bros. mystery thriller.

Early life

Kahane is an alumnus of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and started his entertainment career in the agent training program at ICM.

Filmography

All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.

Film

;Production manager
YearFilmNotes
2000Get CarterExecutive in charge of production
2001Angel EyesExecutive in charge of production

;Miscellaneous crew
YearFilmNotes
2000Get CarterProduction executive: The Canton Company

;Thanks
YearFilmNotes
2000Preston TylkThanks
2013Don JonWith special thanks to

Television