People

Karen Harnisch

Canada

Biography

Karen Harnisch is a partner at Film Forge. She produced Cividino’s SLEEPING GIANT which premiered at Critics’ Week in Cannes and won the Best Canadian First Feature Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. She recently completed Antoine Bourges’ FAIL TO APPEAR and Drew Lint’s M/M, and served as line & associate producer on the Havana-set drama UN TRADUCTOR. Currently, Karen is in post on Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis’ feature drama BALDY, starring Kacey Rohl, Martin Donovan and Amber Anderson. Karen is an alumna of TIFF Studio, the EAVE Producers Workshop, and was selected by Telefilm Canada as one of ten producers highlighted at the Berlinale Film Festival in 2018.

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