Koji Steven Sakai

Producer & Podcasts

WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR:
ACTION, HORROR, and any project with DIVERSE content in the FEATURE FILM, SCRIPTED TV/MINISERIES and PODCAST formats.

ABOUT ME:
Writer and Producer Koji Steven Sakai’s film and television projects have played on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Paramount+, Roku, Shudder, and Tubi. He has worked with a variety of talented and award-winning actors and filmmakers, including Cuba Gooding Jr., Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Dermot Mulroney, James Shigeta, Michael Jai White, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Randall Park, RZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, and Wilson Cruz.

He has written 12 feature films that have been produced and served as a producer on nine features. He has also produced a one-hour comedy special, DWAYNE PERKINS: TAKE NOTE, that premiered on Netflix and a comedy television series, COMEDY INVASIAN, that premiered on Hulu (Season 1) and Peacock (Season 2). Finally, Koji was on the writing team for a Japanese television series slated for Disney+/Hulu in 2024.

His most recent productions include, SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET (staring Cuba Gooding Jr and Terrance Howard, Shudder), BONEYARD (staring Mel Gibson and 50 Cent), and DAMAGED (staring Samuel Jackson).

In addition, Koji has written books and graphic novels, produces, writes, and co-hosts THE UNOFFICIAL STORY PODCAST and THE WHAT IS POP PODCAST, and he currently teaches screenwriting at UCLA Extension and at the University of Southern California.