We are CREATORS, PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS,
COMEDY LOVERS and ALL AROUND KICK ASS PEOPLE.
OKAY FINE is a production company created by a collective of misfits and outsiders, all of whom have crawled tooth and nail through the world of entertainment in preparation to take it to the next level.
Partners Joel Mandelkorn, Mandee Johnson and Lee Sacks represent a combined thirty-plus years of experience in film, television, live comedy, and digital content.
Together they’ve shaped OKAY FINE into a one-stop shop for creative development, packaging and production of groundbreaking comedy content for both traditional and emerging platforms.
WE WORK WITH COMEDIANS, WRITERS + PERFORMERS
Leveraging our years of experience working with comedians, content creators and production companies we're developing a slate of incredible projects to be produced across multiple formats and platforms.
Like trick-or-treating loot from a good neighborhood, our pillowcase includes a slate of king-sized projects, such as feature films, series for television and streaming platforms, plus live comedy specials. As well as fun-sized projects for the digital space.
PROJECTS
Arsenio! Live from Netflix is a Joke: The Festival
Arsenio Hall returns to his late-night talk show roots with Arsenio! Live from Netflix Is A Joke Fest taking place across four nights at Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival from the intimate theater inside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Each episode of Arsenio! Live from Netflix Is A Joke Fest will be hosted by Arsenio Hall and will feature Arsenio in conversation with comedy and entertainment icons including Katt Williams, Quinta Brunson, 85 South, Gabriel ""Fluffy"" Iglesias, Snoop Dogg, Neal Brennan and more. Also featured will be Atsuko Okatsuka who will be providing a comedic look at what's happening from around the festival itself.
Bold Enough! (Old Enough! Parody)
Bold Enough! is a parody of Old Enough! a Japanese reality show airing on Netflix. Bold Enough! stars Atsuko Okatsuka as she makes her way through the streets of Hollywood. It aired as a part of Arsenio! Live, an exclusive, four-night-only talk show with Arsenio Hall during Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival.
INTRODUCING… HOSTED BY MO AMER
A series featuring short sets from eight up-and-coming comedians filmed at the Netflix is a Joke Fest hosted by Mo Amer featuring Darius Bennett, Michael Longfellow, Irene Tu, Nataly Aukar, Julio Diaz, Kenice Mobley, Nico Carney, and Luke Mones.
HAUNT THE JOHNSONS - An Audible Original
An over-achieving teenager in New York City, Luna Johnson, accidentally becomes a medium and starts to crack from seeing ghosts everywhere. When she confides in her psychologist parents, they assume it’s a mental health crisis and move the family to the small town of Doodstad, New York, unbeknownst to them, into a house with five neurotic ghosts in the most haunted town in America.
Back to hiding her powers from her parents, Luna sets out to learn more about ghosts along with what being a medium truly entails. As she begins to fall in deeper with the out-of-life crowd in Doodstad, mysterious forces are keen to stop Luna from helping the ghosts.
THE LOT
A Grocery Store's carts are going missing and David is not the one to find them.
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Directed by Steven Feinartz
Written by Steven Feinartz and David Gborie
Executive Produced by Mandee Johnson, Joel Mandelkorn, Lee Sacks, Steven Feinartz and David Gborie
Production Company: Okay Fine
The qualities we wear on the surface, such as our stellar body of work and professional attitude, should be enough for anyone to want to work with us.
But beneath all that is persistence, creativity, and a passion for collaborating.
CLEFTCLIPS
Headed by Mandee Johnson and Joel Mandelkorn, CleftClips is a leading comedy production company. Their ongoing live indie shows include the monthly comedy mash-up, The Super Serious Show, and the long-running weekly stand-up show, Hot Tub With Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal. Excelling at talent relations with both established names, and the next generation of comedic troublemakers, CleftClips’ is a leader in comedy-centric entertainment. CleftClips produces events for Funny or Die, Turner Broadcasting, Team Coco, Universal and Warner Bros, in addition to developing content with Funny or Die, FX, Fullscreen and HBO.
www.cleftclips.com
LEE SACKS
Lee is a producer based in Los Angeles. He has worked in feature development for producer Beau Bauman (The King of Kong, Office Christmas Party) and comedian Russell Brand at Branded Films. He has served as a producer with The Creative Studio, a joint venture between music manager Scooter Braun and the advertising agency BBH LA, as a branded content producer at Funny or Die and is currently a producer with the NBCUniversal Digital Lab. As an independent, he has produced several award-winning short films, including Little Odessa and DILF starring Tim Day and the feature film, Little Paradise.
