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Karen Chapman (director)

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Karen Chapman
EducationEmily Carr University of Art and Design
Canadian Film Centre
Years active2000s–present

Karen Chapman is a Canadian film and television director,[1] whose debut feature film Village Keeper premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Canadian Film Centre,[3] 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.[4]

In 2019 her short virtual reality documentary They Should Be Flowers premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[5] and her narrative short film Measure premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] They Should Be Flowers received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[7]

She subsequently directed episodes of the television series Odd Squad, Holly Hobbie and Black Life: Untold Stories,[7] and another short film titled Quiet Minds Silent Streets,[8] before entering production on Village Keeper in 2023.[1]

She received a nomination for the DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film for Village Keeper.[9]

Filmography

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  • Beauty Lies - 2008
  • Stain - 2013
  • Walk Good - 2016
  • Lessons Injustice - 2017
  • Measure - 2019
  • They Should Be Flowers - 2019
  • Quiet Minds Silent Streets - 2022
  • Village Keeper - 2024

Television

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