Karen Chapman (director)

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| education = Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Canadian Film Centre

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Karen Chapman is a Canadian film and television director,Victoria Ahearn, [https://playbackonline.ca/2023/06/26/karen-chapman-embarks-on-feature-directorial-debut/ "Karen Chapman embarks on feature directorial debut"]. Playback, June 26, 2023. whose debut feature film Village Keeper premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.Kim Izzo, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/08/13/two-canadian-features-added-to-tiff-discovery-progamme/ "Two Canadian features added to TIFF Discovery progamme"]. Playback, August 13, 2024.

A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Canadian Film Centre,Regan Reid, [https://playbackonline.ca/2018/08/27/2018-5-to-watch-karen-chapman/ "2018 5 to Watch: Karen Chapman"]. Playback, August 27, 2018. she made a number of short films in her early career, prior to her screenplay treatment for Village Keeper being selected for Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program for emerging filmmakers in 2018.[https://playbackonline.ca/2018/06/27/telefilm-selects-45-projects-for-talent-to-watch-program/ "Telefilm selects 45 projects for Talent to Watch program"]. Playback, June 27, 2018.

In 2019 her short virtual reality documentary They Should Be Flowers premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,Lauren Malyk, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/03/19/tasha-hubbards-nipawistamasowin-to-open-hot-docs-2019/ "Tasha Hubbard’s ‘We Will Stand Up’ to open Hot Docs 2019"]. Playback, March 19, 2019. and her narrative short film Measure premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[https://globalnews.ca/video/5893358/short-film-measure-shot-in-toronto-explores-boys-loss "Short film ‘Measure’ shot in Toronto, explores boy’s loss"]. Global News, September 12, 2019. They Should Be Flowers received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/black-life/creation-insists-director-s-video-1.7036323 "'If Canadian culture isn't going to speak their names, I'll do it from a hilltop'"]. CBC Documentaries, November 22, 2023.

She subsequently directed episodes of the television series Odd Squad, Holly Hobbie and Black Life: Untold Stories, and another short film titled Quiet Minds Silent Streets,Harper Lambert, [https://www.thewrap.com/tiff-short-cuts-short-films-program/ "TIFF Announces 2022 Short Cuts Lineup"]. TheWrap, August 17, 2022. before entering production on Village Keeper in 2023.

She received a nomination for the DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film for Village Keeper.Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/68790-2/ "Sweet Angel Baby leads DGC Awards’ film nominations"]. Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2024.