Creating Karma

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]

Creating Karma
Directed byJill Wisoff
Written by
  • Jill Wisoff
  • Carol Lee Sirugo
StarringKaren Lynn Gorney
CinematographyCarter Bissell
Music byJoel Diamond
Release date
  • October 2006 (2006-10) (Coney Island)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Independently produced, the film kicked off its film festival run at the 2006 Coney Island Film Festival,[3] garnered a Best Feature Comedy win in Los Angeles at the 2008 Broad Humor Film Festival,[4] 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

References
  1. Fox, Sandra Diamond (November 12, 2009). "Director of indie film to appear at Bethel Cinema screening". NewsTimes. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
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  3. "Coney Island Film Festival Program 11: Creating Karma". Brown Paper Tickets. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  4. "Creating Karma Film Review - What Goes Around, Comes Around Comically". Splash Magazines | Los Angeles. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  5. Fractured Atlas
  6. "Portobello Film Festival London". Portobello Film Festival. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  7. Foster, Tyler (October 16, 2009). "Creating Karma — Inside Movies Since 1920". Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  8. "Creating Karma at Laemmle Theatres". Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  9. "Creating Karma (2006)". AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2021.


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