Kevin Downes is a California native. He grew up in Visalia, just 3 hours north of Los Angeles where he shot his early films with his brother, Bobby and friend, David A.R. White He met Jon Erwin, while performing in the movie, Courageous, and the two partnered up along with Andy Erwin to create Moms' Night Out. They followed immediately with the film, Woodlawn and while in post production, presented the Erwin Brothers with the story behind, I Can Only Imagine, which became their 3rd feature film together. Soon after, they formed Kingdom and signed a first look deal with Lionsgate for feature films and television series to be released under the new banner. Kevin lives in Orange County, California with his wife Catherine and 3 sons, Benicio, Nathaniel and Joshua.