Industry Standard 81: Ken Mok

KEN MOK is the president and founder of 10x10 entertainment (a production company that produces television, film and alternative media), best know as the creator and executive producer of the mega-hit “america’s next top model,” now in it’s 22nd cycle airing in more than 150 territories. Considered one of the godfather’s of reality tv, he launched one of the very first reality series to appear on network tv back in 2000 with “making the band.”  mok’s other tv productions are the cw’s “the pussycat dolls presents: girlicious,” vh1’s “the white rapper show,” a&e’s “the love shaq” starring shaquille o’neill, nascar/bet’s “changing lanes,” and mtv’s “wwe tough enough.”  in addition to tv, mok produced the major motion picture “invincible,” a film based on a the true-life story of vince papale, starring mark wahlberg.  He is presently producing a new film for fox based on the life of entrepreneur joy mangano, in which david o’russell is attached to direct, which will star jennifer lawrence and robert deniro. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/industry-standard-w-barry-katz/support