KARA DURRETT | At-Large Officer

Kara Durrett is an NYU graduate, a 2019 Sundance Producing Lab Fellow, a 2021 nominee for the Independent Spirit Piaget Award, and the 2023 Winner of the Sundance Narrative Producing Award. Her films have played in over 150 festivals worldwide including Sundance, SXSW, Telluride, Cannes, Venice and several others winning awards along the way. Kara is currently in Production on I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU, Written and Directed by Brian Crano and David Craig, a comedy set in Italy starring Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells and Produced alongside Joel Edgerton and Pinky Promise Films. She recently premiered at Sundance 2023 in Competition with Laurel Parmet’s THE STARLING GIRL, which sold to Bleecker Street and Focus Features; As well as IF YOU WERE THE LAST by Director Kris Mercado starring Anthony Mackie and Zoey Chao premiering at SXSW 2023. Kara’s previous work includes TOPSIDE with Writer/Director duo Celine Held and Logan George, as well as their most recent film INTO CADDO LAKE Produced alongside M Night Shyamalan, which will premiere with Warner Brothers and HBO in 2024. Additional films include Adamma Ebo's HONK FOR JESUS, SAVE YOUR SOUL which sold to Focus/Monkeypaw out of Sundance 2022 Produced alongside Daniel Kaluuya, Alex Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s SAVE YOURSELVES! which premiered at Sundance 2020 and sold to Bleecker Street Films, and several others. She is currently in development on several projects with Pinky Promise Films and plans to be in Production this Fall with CLYBOURNE PARK starring Sarah Paulson and Anthony Mackie.