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Ross Kaiman

Producer

An experienced producer, writer, director, project manager and team leader, Ross Kaiman has explored nearly every facet and format of content creation. As SVP of Creative and Executive Producer at Los Angeles-based Painless Productions, Kaiman has developed, managed, and produced several successful projects, including two seasons of "Building Outside the Lines" on Magnolia/MAX, fifteen seasons of one of television's longest-running and most iconic paranormal series, "The Dead Files," along with "Dead Files Revisited" and "The Dead Files Revealed," as well as two seasons each of "Fright Club," "Ghost Brothers: Lights Out," and "The Holzer Files," all for Travel Channel/Discovery+. Other recent projects include five seasons of the gripping Investigation Discovery true-crime series "Reasonable Doubt," the Disney+/NatGeo Wild series "Out There with Jack Randall," four National Geographic SharkFest specials ("Man vs. Shark," "Most Wanted Sharks," and "Sharks That Eat Everything"), and HGTV's "Hot Properties: San Diego." Kaiman's work at Painless also includes the top-rated Lifetime Movies/LMN series "My Crazy Ex" and its spin-off "My Crazy Sex," as well as several seasons of the popular re-creation series "My Haunted House," airing on A&E, LMN, Destination America, and Travel Channel. He also produced the highly-rated original Lifetime movie "House of Darkness" and its sequel "House of Darkness: New Blood," along with TLC's "Evil Things". Other notable projects include Discovery Channel's "Highway to Sell," two seasons of Travel Channel's "Sand Masters," and Travel Channel's explosive "Sand Blasters" competition specials. Before his tenure at Painless, Kaiman produced live morning television (FX's critically acclaimed "Breakfast Time," hosted by Tom Bergeron), talk shows ("The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show"), game shows ("Love Connection" and "Let's Make A Deal"), court shows ("Moral Court"), hidden camera pranks ("Card Sharks"), and location-based series in the U.S., Europe, Central America, Australia, and Asia ("I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" and "Adventure Crazy" starring Phil Keoghan of "The Amazing Race"). Kaiman was the writer, producer, and director of TLC's Emmy-nominated series "Junkyard Wars" and composed and performed the musical scores for two independent features. As Senior Vice President of Production at VideoJug, Kaiman was responsible for the development, creation, and delivery of nearly 40,000 "How To" and expert advice videos, while managing syndication and creative partnerships with powerful brands like Nike, MSN, and Schering-Plough.

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Works as
Producer
Titles
14 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

What are Ross Kaiman's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
30%
Survival
19%
Ideas
15%
Society
14%
Bonds
13%
Power
5%
Morality
4%
Nature4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · 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 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Joyful
6
Dread
4
Hopeful
4
Contemplative
5
Other
10

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical1

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 Ross Kaiman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on discovery+ (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ross Kaiman'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

14 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Building Outside the Lines(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Going Fur Gold(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Secrets of the Asylum(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sharks That Eat Everything(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fright Club(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost Brothers: Light's Out(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Stranger Among Us(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Man vs. Shark(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Out There with Jack Randall(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • The Holzer Files(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • House of Darkness: New Blood(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Evil Things(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Reasonable Doubt(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Highway to Sell(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

Across their 14 MovieCove titles from 2014 to 2023.

Most popular right now

Fright Club (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing14 of 14: 14 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score40th

By decade

2010s7 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ross Kaiman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 13th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 22nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

14thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic2
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · producer

Going Fur Gold (2023)

99th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Building Outside the Lines (2023)

Midcredits 97th · 91% 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.

Who does Ross Kaiman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ross Kaiman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jim Casey shares the most, 14.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers