Karen Harnisch Explained

Karen Harnisch is a Canadian film and television producer,^[1] who is a partner with Andrew Cividino in the production company Film Forge.^[2]

She has been a three-time Canadian Screen Award nominee as producer of the Best Picture contenders Sleeping Giant at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016,^[3] White Lie at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020,^[4] and Infinity Pool at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.^[5]

Filmography

Film

• Harvest - 2009
• Ivadelle - 2009
• Paper Princes, Gypsies and the Boy with No Return Address - 2009
• Ravine - 2009
• Bunked! - 2010
• We Ate the Children Last - 2011
• Yellow Fish - 2012
• The Oxbow Cure - 2013
• The One That Stares Back - 2013
• Rough Trade - 2014
• An Apartment - 2014
• Sleeping Giant - 2015
• Diamond Day - 2015
• Dust - 2017
• Fail to Appear - 2017
• A Translator - 2018
• M/M - 2018
• Arlo Alone - 2018
• Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You - 2019
• White Lie - 2019
• Jump, Darling - 2020
• 13 Minutes - 2021
• Firestarter - 2022
• Infinity Pool - 2023

Television

• Helltown - 2017
• Essex County - 2023
• Slip - 2023

Notes and References

1. Carly Lewis, "TIFF 2019: White Lie producer Karen Harnisch on channelling her emotions into film". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 2019.
2. Barry Hertz, "The 22 most influential people in Canadian film". The Globe and Mail, April 7, 2022.
3. Web site: Canadian Screen Awards 2016 nominations led by Room, Schitt's Creek, Orphan Black . Wong . Jessica . January 19, 2016 . CBC News.
4. Web site: Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations . . February 18, 2020.
5. Jackson Weaver, "BlackBerry, Sort Of, Little Bird dominate Canadian Screen Award nominations". CBC News, March 6, 2024.