Kindred Spirit is an entertainment production company with roots in LA and Taiwan. Founded by producer Anita Gou, the company champions boundary-pushing storytelling across film, television, and emerging media, driven by visionary artists with global perspectives. Kindred Spirit recently completed production on Midi Z’s English-language debut, crime thriller The Exiles, starring Sam Worthington, David Duchovny, and Ke-Xi Wu. Recent films also include Adam Meek’s Union County, starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories; and Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s Mouse, starring Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, which premiered at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival to critical acclaim. Previously, Kindred Spirit produced Andrew Ahn’s modern remake of Ang Lee’s classic film, The Wedding Banquet, starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-Jung, which premiered at Sundance 2025 to rave reviews and was released theatrically by Bleecker Street. Gou produced The Farewell, one of the highest-grossing independent films of 2019. Starring Awkwafina and released by A24, the film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film, won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature. Kindred Spirit was also a financier of the sold-out West End production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Sarah Snook, which won multiple Olivier Awards before completing its Broadway run in June 2025. Additional works include After This Death (Berlinale 2025), Locust (Cannes Critics' Week 2024), Close To You (TIFF 2023, Greenwich), The Last Year of Darkness (CPH 2023, MUBI), The Silent Twins (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2022, Focus Features), Together Together (Sundance 2021, Bleecker Street), Found (Netflix), We Are Little Zombies (Sundance 2019, Oscilloscope), Honey Boy (Sundance 2019, Amazon), Terminal 3 (Tribeca 2018), Assassination Nation (Sundance 2018, NEON), and To the Bone (Sundance 2017, Netflix).
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Anita Gou
Producer/Founder
Anita Gou is a film and multimedia producer who grew up between Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and the US. Her upcoming films include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English language debut The Silent Twins (starring Letitia Wright & Tamara Lawrence) for Focus Features, premiering at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section. She previously produced one of the highest grossing independent films of 2019, The Farewell (starring Awkwafina) and Honey Boy (starring Shia LaBeouf and Lucas Hedges) released by A24 and Amazon Studios respectively. (Microsoft Hologram project, Tribeca 2018), To the Bone (Sundance 2017, Netflix), and The Assassin.
Kindred Spirit is an entertainment production company with roots in LA and Taiwan. Founded by producer Anita Gou, the company champions boundary-pushing storytelling across film, television, and emerging media, driven by visionary artists with global perspectives. Kindred Spirit recently completed production on Midi Z’s English-language debut, crime thriller The Exiles, starring Sam Worthington, David Duchovny, and Ke-Xi Wu. Recent films also include Adam Meek’s Union County, starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories; and Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s Mouse, starring Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, which premiered at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival to critical acclaim. Previously, Kindred Spirit produced Andrew Ahn’s modern remake of Ang Lee’s classic film, The Wedding Banquet, starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-Jung, which premiered at Sundance 2025 to rave reviews and was released theatrically by Bleecker Street. Gou produced The Farewell, one of the highest-grossing independent films of 2019. Starring Awkwafina and released by A24, the film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film, won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature. Kindred Spirit was also a financier of the sold-out West End production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Sarah Snook, which won multiple Olivier Awards before completing its Broadway run in June 2025. Additional works include After This Death (Berlinale 2025), Locust (Cannes Critics' Week 2024), Close To You (TIFF 2023, Greenwich), The Last Year of Darkness (CPH 2023, MUBI), The Silent Twins (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2022, Focus Features), Together Together (Sundance 2021, Bleecker Street), Found (Netflix), We Are Little Zombies (Sundance 2019, Oscilloscope), Honey Boy (Sundance 2019, Amazon), Terminal 3 (Tribeca 2018), Assassination Nation (Sundance 2018, NEON), and To the Bone (Sundance 2017, Netflix).
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Anita Gou
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Caroline Clark
[BIO]
CONTACT
asst@beakindredspirit.com
* Kindly note that we don’t accept unsolicited materials.
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Anita Gou
Producer/Founder
Anita Gou is a film and multimedia producer who grew up between Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and the US. Her upcoming films include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English language debut The Silent Twins (starring Letitia Wright & Tamara Lawrence) for Focus Features, premiering at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section. She previously produced one of the highest grossing independent films of 2019, The Farewell (starring Awkwafina) and Honey Boy (starring Shia LaBeouf and Lucas Hedges) released by A24 and Amazon Studios respectively. (Microsoft Hologram project, Tribeca 2018), To the Bone (Sundance 2017, Netflix), and The Assassin.
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Kindred Spirit is an entertainment production company with roots in LA and Taiwan. Founded by producer Anita Gou, the company champions boundary-pushing storytelling across film, television, and emerging media, driven by visionary artists with global perspectives. Kindred Spirit recently completed production on Midi Z’s English-language debut, crime thriller The Exiles, starring Sam Worthington, David Duchovny, and Ke-Xi Wu. Recent films also include Adam Meek’s Union County, starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories; and Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s Mouse, starring Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Mallen Kupferer, which premiered at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival to critical acclaim. Previously, Kindred Spirit produced Andrew Ahn’s modern remake of Ang Lee’s classic film, The Wedding Banquet, starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-Jung, which premiered at Sundance 2025 to rave reviews and was released theatrically by Bleecker Street. Gou produced The Farewell, one of the highest-grossing independent films of 2019. Starring Awkwafina and released by A24, the film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film, won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature. Kindred Spirit was also a financier of the sold-out West End production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Sarah Snook, which won multiple Olivier Awards before completing its Broadway run in June 2025. Additional works include After This Death (Berlinale 2025), Locust (Cannes Critics' Week 2024), Close To You (TIFF 2023, Greenwich), The Last Year of Darkness (CPH 2023, MUBI), The Silent Twins (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2022, Focus Features), Together Together (Sundance 2021, Bleecker Street), Found (Netflix), We Are Little Zombies (Sundance 2019, Oscilloscope), Honey Boy (Sundance 2019, Amazon), Terminal 3 (Tribeca 2018), Assassination Nation (Sundance 2018, NEON), and To the Bone (Sundance 2017, Netflix).
TEAM MEMBERS
Anita Gou
[BIO]
Caroline Clark
[BIO]
CONTACT
asst@beakindredspirit.com
* Kindly note that we don’t accept unsolicited materials.
CLOSE
Anita Gou
Producer/Founder
Anita Gou is a film and multimedia producer who grew up between Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and the US. Her upcoming films include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English language debut The Silent Twins (starring Letitia Wright & Tamara Lawrence) for Focus Features, premiering at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section. She previously produced one of the highest grossing independent films of 2019, The Farewell (starring Awkwafina) and Honey Boy (starring Shia LaBeouf and Lucas Hedges) released by A24 and Amazon Studios respectively. (Microsoft Hologram project, Tribeca 2018), To the Bone (Sundance 2017, Netflix), and The Assassin.
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