Kari Skogland
Kari Skogland (* in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a Canadian film and television director , film producer and screenwriter .
Career
Kari Skogland began her career directing commercials . In the early 1990s, she switched to television with MTV's Dead at 21 . Two years later she directed six episodes of the science fiction series Traders and her first feature film with the comedy Big Like Watermelons . For the comedy, which Skogland produced herself for the first time, she was able to win the Silver Award at the WorldFest in Houston . After directing work for Nikita and The Crow - The Series , the horror film Kinder des Zorns 6 - Isaac's Returns , the sixth part of the Kinder des Zorns film series, followed in 1999 . In contrast to its four previous films, the film is a direct continuation of the first part and shows the return of John Franklin as the murderous Isaac .
The thriller Zebra Lounge (2001) and Liberty Stands Still (2002) and the 2003 loosely on the novel series flow world of Philip José Farmer -based failed Sci-Fi Channel - pilot Riverworld - world without end they extended their genre spectrum. In her next three films, Rapid Fire - The Day Without Return (2006), The Stone Angel (2007) and 50 Dead Men Walking - The Spy (2008), she was not only involved as a director, but also wrote the script and each produced the latter two films. For The Stone Angel and 50 Dead Men Walking in particular , she received critical acclaim as well as several awards and nominations, including for the Directors Guild of Canada Awards, the Genie Awards and a Leo Award .
From 2008 Skogland's work shifted back to television, where she almost exclusively directed episodes from various television series in the following years . These include The Listener - Hellhörig , Boardwalk Empire , Die Borgias , Under the Dome , Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Vikings .
Kari Skogland is married to film editor Jim Munro and has two daughters with him. The two had met around 1979 while working on commercials and later continued this collaboration on a few films, most recently in 2008 with 50 Dead Men Walking .
Filmography (selection)
- As a director
- 1994: Dead at 21 ( Dead at 21 , TV series)
- 1996: Traders (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1996: The Size of Watermelons
- 1997: Nikita (TV series, episode 1x04)
- 1998: Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (TV movie)
- 1998: The Crow - The Series ( The Crow: Stairway to Heaven , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1999: Children of the Corn 6 - Isaacs Return (Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return)
- 2000: The Courage to Love (TV movie)
- 2000–2001, 2003: Queer as Folk (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2001: Zebra Lounge
- 2002: Liberty Stands Still
- 2003: Riverworld - World Without End ( Riverworld , TV movie)
- 2005: Terminal City (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2006: Rapid Fire - The Day of No Return (Rapid Fire)
- 2007: The Stone Angel
- 2008: 50 Dead Men Walking - Der Spitzel (Fifty Dead Men Walking)
- 2009–2012: The Listener - Clairaudient ( The Listener , TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2010: Shattered (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2012: Boardwalk Empire (TV series, episode 3x04)
- 2012–2013: The Borgias ( The Borgias , TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2013: Under the Dome (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (TV series, episode 1x13)
- 2014: Vikings (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2015: Fear the Walking Dead (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2016–2017: The Walking Dead (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2016: House of Cards (TV series, episode 4x11)
- 2017: The Handmaid's Tale - Der Maid's Report ( The Handmaid's Tale , TV series, episode 1x10)
- As a screenwriter
- 2000: John John in the Sky
- 2002: Liberty Stands Still
- 2007: The Stone Angel
- 2008: 50 Dead Men Walking - Der Spitzel (Fifty Dead Men Walking)
- As a producer
- 1996: The Size of Watermelons
- 2007: The Stone Angel
- 2008: 50 Dead Men Walking - Der Spitzel (Fifty Dead Men Walking)
Web links
- Kari Scandia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rita Zekas: Home tour: Director Kari Skogland is the lady of the lamps . In: TheStar.com . April 5, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Skogland, Kari |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian film and television director, film producer and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Ontario, Canada |