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Ben Kalina

Ben Kalina

Producer · Born October 5, 1981 (45) · Elgin, Illinois, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee

Ben Kalina was born on 5 October 1981 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. Ben is a producer and executive, known for Big Mouth (2017), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022) and The Midnight Gospel (2020).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
October 5, 1981 (45)
From
Elgin, Illinois, USA
Works as
Producer
Titles
70 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 31% in 30 days

What are Ben Kalina's films like?

Across their 61 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
28%
Society
16%
Survival
7%
Ideas
6%
Morality
5%
Power
3%
Friendship25 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity21 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity15 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose11 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
39
Joyful
35
Warm
20
Thrilling
20
Tense
10
Other
46

How their films linger

Fun37 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good30 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet21
  • Ambiguous17
  • Cyclical6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ben Kalina's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 58 of their 70 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ben Kalina's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

85 credits, 70 with a MovieCove page.

  • Golden Axe(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Among Us(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Mating Season(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Kevin(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Draw Your Weapons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 11 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Strip Law(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Dang!(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Teeny Mutant Ninja Turtles(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Adult Swim's the Elephant(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Plan C for Civilization (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • The Mighty Nein(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Duolingo: The Final Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Sisters Grimm(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Haunted Hotel(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Kiff Lore of the Ring Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • StuGo(2025)

    Show 40 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld(2024)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • An Almost Christmas Story(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Angry Birds: Mystery Island(2024)

    Show 24 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Everybody Still Hates Chris(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Scavengers Reign(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Frog and Toad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 18 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Royal Crackers(2023)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Digman!(2023)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Agent Elvis(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Super Turbo Story Time(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Kiff(2023)

    Show 113 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Pupstruction(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Pantheon(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Beavis and Butt-Head(2022)

    Show 71 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Duck & Goose(2022)

    Show 17 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Diabolical(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • The Legend of Vox Machina(2022)

    Show 48 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Human Resources(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Harriet the Spy(2021)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Fairfax(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Party Aunt(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • The Harper House(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Arlo the Alligator Boy(2021)

    Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Amend: The Fight for America(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • I Heart Arlo(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Q-Force(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Can We Cool the Planet? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons(2020)

    Production Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Midnight Gospel(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Smiling Friends(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart(2014)

    Show 40 episodes · Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Vernon and Gus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Love, Death & Robots(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Bless the Harts(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Cleopatra in Space(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Ballmastrz: 9009(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Tigtone(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Hanazuki: Full of Treasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Big Mouth(2017)

    Show 41 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer · Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Niko and the Sword of Light(2015)

    Show 13 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Home: For the Holidays(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Neo Yokio(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Nerdland(2016)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Little Big Awesome(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Yoyotoki: Happy Ears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Producer

  • Goldie and Bear(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • 'Tallica Parking Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Producer

  • Shored Up(2013)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Girl Rising(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • King Star King(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Turbo FAST(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Pinched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Production Manager

  • Motorcity(2012)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Underworld: Endless War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Line Producer

  • Underworld: Endless War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Line Producer

  • Green Lantern: First Flight(2009)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • China, IL(2008)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Dukes of Hazzard(2005)

    Animation Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Venture Bros.(2003)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Foxy Trotter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Odd Jobs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 58 titles, 56 of them dated from 2005 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

$15M worldwide

Highest rated

Scavengers Reign (2023)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Love, Death & Robots (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 58: 3 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing51 of 58: 51 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew4 of 58: 4 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s41 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2019–2024.

  1. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program
  2. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  3. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program
  4. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Ben Kalina's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 70 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

31 of their 70 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Divisive7
  • Cult Classic10
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed31

Most divisive · producer

Teeny Mutant Ninja Turtles (2026)

99th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Scavengers Reign (2023)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ben Kalina's work okay for kids?

Across up to 24 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore20 titles36–87 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity24 titles23–82 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity21 titles27–91 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs21 titles13–69 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles30–73 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ben Kalina work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ben Kalina's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chris Prynoski shares the most, 59.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

  • Shannon Prynoski56 titles    See newest 12 of 56 shared titles with Shannon Prynoski
  • Antonio Canobbio37 titles    See newest 12 of 37 shared titles with Antonio Canobbio
  • Jennifer Ray14 titles    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Jennifer Ray
  • Winnie Chaffee9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Winnie Chaffee

Mixed roles