Koji Steven Sakai, a writer and producer, is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Masters of Professional Writing program and the founder of Little Nalu Pictures LLC. His work has been showcased across major streaming platforms, including Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Paramount+, Roku, Shudder, and Tubi. Over his career, he has collaborated with an impressive roster of acclaimed actors and filmmakers, such as Cuba Gooding Jr., Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Dermot Mulroney, James Shigeta, Mackenyu, Michael Jai White, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Randall Park, RZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, Vincent Cassel, and Wilson Cruz.
Sakai has written 12 feature films, including Haunted Highway (2006), The People I’ve Slept With (2009), Santa & Me (2013), #1 Serial Killer (2013), Dying to Kill (2016), Last Girl (2020), The Commando (2022), Ruthless (2023), Skeletons in the Closet (2024), Nyctophobia (2024), Damaged (2024), Boneyard (2024). His screenplay Romeo, Juliet, & Rosaline was also optioned by Amazon Studios.
As a producer, Sakai has overseen nine feature films, including The People I’ve Slept With, #1 Serial Killer, Dying to Kill, Last Girl, The Commando, Skeletons in the Closet, Nyctophobia, Are You There? and Boneyard; Dwayne Perkins: Take Note (2015), a one-hour comedy special that originally aired on Netflix; Comedy InvAsian and Comedy InvAsian 2.0 (2017 to present), a television series featuring the nation’s top Asian American comedians, Season 1 originally premiered on Hulu and Season 2 premiered on Peacock in May of 2022, and Brash Girls Club (2019), a limited comedy series that premiered on Tubi. Koji is currently working on the third season of Comedy Invasian.
Most recently, he wrote episodes 6, 7, and 10 for the television series House of the Owl, currently streaming on Disney+/Hulu and starring Min Tanaka and Mackenyu Arata.
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