Creating Karma
2006 American film
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Creating Karma is a 2006 American screwball comedy film directed by Jill Wisoff[1] about an uptight, New York fashion editor who becomes a poet after losing her job, moving in with her eccentric new-age therapist sister, and meeting Mr. Wrong, owner of a local poets' café.[2]
- Jill Wisoff
- Carol Lee Sirugo
| Creating Karma | |
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| Directed by | Jill Wisoff |
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| Starring | Karen Lynn Gorney |
| Cinematography | Carter Bissell |
| Music by | Joel Diamond |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Independently produced, the film kicked off its film festival run at the 2006 Coney Island Film Festival.[3] The film garnered a Best Feature Comedy win in Los Angeles at the 2008 Broad Humor Film Festival.[4] It screened in New Orleans at the 2008 TOMI film festival[5] and in Notting Hill, London as an official selection of the 2008 Portobello Film Festival.[6] It had its U.S. theatrical premiere on October 16, 2009[7] in Los Angeles.[8]
The original screenplay was co-written by Jill Wisoff and Carol Lee Sirugo, co-produced by David Wright, and stars Karen Lynn Gorney, Carol Lee Sirugo, Jill Wisoff, Joe Grifasi, Rahad Coulter-Stevenson, Roland Sands, Jeremy Ebenstein, Jennifer Lee Mitchell and Riana Hershenfeld; with musical score by Joel Diamond, cinematography by Carter Bissell, production design by Kathleen Muldoon and costumes by Nina Simich.[9]
Cast
- Karen Lynn Gorney
- Carol Lee Sirugo
- Jill Wisoff
- Joe Grifasi
- Rahad Coulter-Stevenson
- Roland Sands
- Jeremy Ebenstein
- Jennifer Lee Mitchell
- Riana Hershenfeld
