About

Doug Karr has been creating original independent films since 1997. Karr’s 2006 film, Anniversary Present was featured in the Best of Raindance Shorts DVD and called “the funniest of the bunch” (Time Out London). Karr’s other credits include award winning documentaries LSD25 and The June Bug Symphony, as well as the hour long Lifecycles: a story of AIDS in Malawi and the 2007 follow up film The Face of AIDS. The writer of four feature length screenplays,  his recent script My Thermonuclear Family won the Grand Prize at the 2007 Filmmakers International Screenplay Competition. His films have been seen by audiences around the world and on numerous television channels. Karr’s latest film Ten For Grandpa, a personal investigation into the life of Karr’s grandfather, an infamous Cold War merchant banker, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and has gone on to screen at over 50 international film festivals, winning multiple awards.

For more on Karr’s film work, check out Chop Wood Carry Water