Lux Angeles Studios Hires 30-Year Veteran Binh Dang as Head of Production, Pushing Into $20M Indie Films
Lux Angeles Studios has hired Binh Dang as Head of Production, completing an executive lineup the company says it needs as it moves into larger independent films with budgets between $10 million and $20 million.
Dang brings more than 30 years in Hollywood and over 70 production credits to the role, according to Deadline. He will take an integral part in expanding the studio's international production work — a brief that now spans two continents.
The appointment fills what the company calls the final piece of its executive puzzle. The leadership team is led by co-CEOs Matt Macur and Rebecca O'Hara, with Steve Fabos as chair, Lenny Vitulli as COO, Thomas Walton as chief revenue officer, and Damien Douglas as creative executive.
Lux Angeles runs what it describes as an end-to-end business: development, production and post-production all sit under one roof. Three years ago, the studio struck a pact with Fab Factory Entertainment, combining its production and post capabilities with Fab Factory's business focus. It has also partnered with The Gersh Agency, which represents the studio across both its talent and literary departments — in plain terms, the agency handles both the actors the studio hires and the scripts it acquires.
The company's international ambitions centre on Southeast Asia. Through its Lux East arm, Lux Angeles is building a bridge between Hollywood and Thailand, aiming to tap the country's production infrastructure, experienced crews, varied locations and tax incentives — the rebates governments offer to attract film spending.
That push is already visible on the slate. Lux Angeles has five original titles in post-production, three of them shot in Southeast Asia: the thriller Survive the Night, filmed in Thailand, plus two others shot in the Philippines. The full slate runs to Survive the Night, the prison fight club drama Big Tiger, the tropical island crime story White Tide, the redemption tale Angel of Harlem, and the poker drama Aces High. All five are slated to be available for international sales by the end of 2026 — meaning distributors and streaming buyers can begin acquiring them for their territories.
Production on a new project begins in Bangkok the week after the announcement.
The pieces fit a clear pattern. A company that already handles development through post-production is now scaling up its budgets, hiring seasoned production leadership, and shooting in countries where crews and tax rebates stretch each dollar further. For audiences, the result will be a slate of genre-driven independent films — thrillers, crime stories, prison dramas — arriving on screens over the coming year, many of them carrying production value from locations Hollywood crews rarely reach.
