INTERVIEW: Kara White -- Director, Writer & Producer
Kara White is an award-winning Director and Producer of multiple documentaries, web videos, and commercials. With a love for storytelling and passion for tales of strong women in history, she has directed the documentary films Rise Above: WASP about the Women Air-force Service Pilots from WWII, and PBS' Beyond the Powder, telling the story of the first women's cross-country air race and the women who still race today. She excels at highlighting the beauty of people's passions and getting the audience to feel that emotion and making them care about the subjects.
She has received Emmy nominations for Best Director, Writing, and Research and has won Emmy awards for Writing, Best Documentary, and Technical Achievement, along with multiple film festival awards. She produced the Emmy Award-winning documentaries The Restorers (TV series) and Space Chase USA for PBS, and Rise Above: Tuskegee Airmen.
Kara started her career in New York City, working as a Producer creating spots for Food Network, USA, and Touchstone Energy.
‘The Resistance’ cast members featured in the included stills:
Diana Frankhauser as Andrée
Logan Soland as The Wolf
Kathleen Zion as Claudette
Andrew Kantonen as Marcelle
Cole Aansen as Odette
Links:
Kara White – Hemlock Films
https://www.hemlockfilms.com/karawhite
Book by Kara White, ‘My Very Dearest Anna’:
/ myverydearestanna
Turner Classics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_...
Time Stamps:
00:00:09 Intro
00:03:33 “What was your initial interest in film?”
00:07:18 Film School vs. Experiential Learning
00:10:45 Writing
00:11:52 Definition of a Producer
00:15:15 Definition of Set Dec. (Art Department)
00:19:14 Description of Coordination Position
00:21:43 Working Crew for Actors – On-Set Experience
00:23:41 Writing & Directing
00:27:43 WWII Era Inspiration & ‘My Very Dearest Anna’
00:36:57 Choosing a cast as a director
00:43:55 Inspiration for ‘The Resistance’
00:53:16 Discussion of miniseries
01:03:52 Advice for writing period piece drama
01:06:46 Legacy
01:11:11 Upcoming projects
IMDb:
https://www.imdb.me/coleaansen
RESUME:
https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/cole...
WEB:
https://www.coleaansen.com