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ABOUT KAREN
Karen Everett is an independent filmmaker living
in San Francisco. Her award-winning documentaries and personal film
memoirs have played in festivals worldwide, aired on television,
and are distributed to the educational and home video markets. She
is currently directing a personal documentary, Women in Love, the intimate story of seven women navigating their
love lives.
Everett teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism
at UC Berkeley, where she received her Masters degree in Journalism
in 1991.
FILMS
Sweet Boy (2001)
A 30-minute personal documentary, currently entering the worldwide film festival circuit. Sold-out screenings at San Francisco Film Arts Festival, San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, La Pena Festival. Distributed by Canadian Filmmakers. My Femme Divine (1999)
A 60-minute personal documentary. Winner of the Director's Award at the San Diego LGBT Film Festival. Screened at more than fifty film festivals worldwide; limited theatrical screenings. Distributed by Wolfe Video. I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon
Riggs (1996)
A 60-minute biography. PBS broadcast from 1997—2000. Received the Silver Apple Award from the National Educational Media Association and Best Documentary Nomination, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Distributed by California Newsreel. Framing Lesbian Fashion (1992)
A 60-minute documentary. KQED broadcast (San Francisco PBS-affiliate), 1993. Received a Best New Documentary Nomination from the American Film Institute. Distributed by Wolfe Video and Frameline. RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley,
CA, Sept 1992 — present Teach video editing, Supervise
post-production, Edit documentaries.
San Francisco International Film Festival,
San Francisco, CA, 1999 — Juror, documentary shorts.
Academy of Art College, San Francisco,
CA, 1998 — Video editing (AVID) instructor.
KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA, 1997-98
— Editor, NBC affiliate.
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley, 1989-90
— Masters Degree in Journalism, KPIX Award, "Most
Outstanding Student"
Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1987
— BA in American Studies, Phi Beta Kappa
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