Karen (aka Kaz) is both a novelist and a screenwriter.
She started out writing stories inspired by her experiences in the music business. Her short story, SYMPHONY OF SIGHS, was produced for BBC Radio 4, starring Hugh Dennis, and named “Pick of the Week” in both the Telegraph and Radio Times. She is a full member of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and her novel, WHEN THE FAT LADY THINS is available at Amazon UK and Amazon.
However, Karen’s love of film eventually led her to the London Film School, where she completed an MA in Screenwriting.
Since graduating Karen has built a portfolio of both short form and feature-length projects, with a common thread of twisting genres in unexpected directions, often using magical realism and black comedy as disarming approaches to serious issues.
Her award-winning first short film, RACHEL, is a serious exploration of the complex relationships between death, family and religion and has screened at many festivals, including three times at the BAFTA qualifying UK International Jewish Film Festival. RACHEL is now distributed for use in therapeutic and educational settings surrounding bereavement, philosophy, and religious studies. Her short film APPROVAL NEEDED was the Audience Award Winner at the 2017 IMDb Script to Screen Awards and won the short film funding award from Talkies Community Cinema. After a successful gaining many nominations worldwide in international film festivals, the film is now used by the Kindness Movement in their workshops for children and young adults.
Karen’s recent work includes EDIFICE 129, a collaborative narrative film, developed during the COVID pandemic lockdowns with filmmakers situated in Germany, Malta, Spain and Sardinia. The film premiered at the ECU European Independent Film Festival in Paris, and is currently on the festival circuit. Following on from that success, Karen was engaged in July 2024 by the Arc Film Festival / Collaboration Across Borders (along with fellow collaborator Ken Scicluna) to run a five-day residential workshop in Mainz, Germany for filmmakers coming from Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg to develop a collaborative feature film project. Kaz has continued mentoring the group and the project is ongoing.
Available feature length screenplays include :
WHEN THE FAT LADY THINS. Drama/Comedy. Logline: Two sopranos, who share a traumatic past, find their friendship torn apart by success and a handsome Italian tenor.
KILLING CATS IS WRONG… but nobody’s perfect. Romantic Comedy. Logline: An evil genius cat goes to murderous lengths to help his lonely owner find true love.
THE LEGEND OF RORY FERGUSON. Adventure/Comedy/Family. Logline: A lazy teenager is delighted when a famous explorer gives him a magical way to skip over all the boring stuff, but nothing is as it seems.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Sci-fi / Romantic Comedy. Logline: When a dysfunctional programmer accidentally gives her robot sex toy a personality, she rediscovers the joy of love.
Karen is full member of the WGGB and sits on both the film committee and judging panel for their annual awards.
