Debra Karen Explained

Debra Karen
Birth Name:	Deborah Karjala
Education:	Dawson College
Occupation:	Film editor

Debra Karen is a Canadian film and TV editor known for her work on works like Meatballs and Happy Birthday to Me.^[1] In 2014, she was presented with the Canadian Cinema Editors' Lifetime Achievement Award. Her face appears on the artwork for David Cronenberg's film Shivers.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The House by the Lake (1976)
• Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977)
• Blackout (1978)^[3]
• Meatballs (1979)^[3]
• Crunch (1980) (TV movie)^[3]
• Final Assignment (1980)
• Yesterday (1981)
• Happy Birthday to Me (1981)^[3]
• Heartbreak High (1981)
• (1986)^[3]
• The Incident (1990) (TV movie)^[3]
• Ivory Hunters (1990)
• The Last Elephant (1990)^[3]
• The First Circle (1992) (TV movie)^[3]
• Family Pictures (1993) (TV movie)^[3]
• Sweet Killing (1993)^[3]
• My Antonia (1995) (TV movie)^[3]
• Vanished (1995) (TV movie)^[3]
• A Green Journey (1997)^[3]
• Mandela and de Klerk (1997) (TV movie)^[3]
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999) (TV movie)
• Deadly Betrayal (2003) (TV movie)
• Salem Witch Trials (2003) (TV movie)^[3]
• Wicked Minds (2003) (TV movie)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canadian Cinema Editors Team Members. Canadian Cinema Editors. 2019-02-03.
2. Web site: Canadian Film Editors 2014 Awards. 2014.
3. Web site: Debra Karen . https://web.archive.org/web/20181008170236/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bacf6e4a5 . dead . October 8, 2018 . BFI . 26 April 2021 . en.