Karen A. Oliver
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Producer
Karen Oliver's first industry job was working on the television show
"Fight Back! with David Horowitz" at KNBC.
Following that run she found herself in the State of Washington producing Public Service Announcements and making promotional transitions for independent television stations, eventually leading to writing the news and overseeing the The Seattle Seafair parade.
She returned to California to began working at Universal Studios. She was a part of such films as "Scent of a Woman," "Back Draft," "The Mummy," "Liar, Liar" and "Apollo 13."
Oliver's work continued at DreamWorks Studios, receiving screen credits for such films as "Shrek the Third", "Shrek 2,""Shark Tale," "Spirit," "Flushed Away," "Bee Movie" and "Madagascar."
Karen also produces, writes and directs. Such films include "Techno Turmoil," "Mirror Image," and "Mirror Image 2: Shattered Dreams." In 2009, Oliver produced and directed a TV pilot entitled "For The Love of Music," starring Grammy nominated and Dove Award winner Ty Herndon.
When her local country music station flipped format, leaving Los Angeles without a country station, Oliver helped organize and lead a grassroots movement with many local country music fans to get country music back. Within 90 days Los Angeles had an AM station soon followed by a FM station.
Oliver went on to work at Saban Brands creating product for the #1 live action children's show Power Rangers and the new children's Saturday morning 4 hour TV Block Vortexx, formerly the CW block. She worked on the first five graphic novels for the Power Rangers, which were received hailed as better than the TV show by Power Ranger fans worldwide.
Covid brought big changes to the industry and for Karen. She began writing during the shut down and now has two award winning novels and a highly recognized novel inspired by true events. Her writing has become her latest passion. "There are many similarities with writing a fictional story in novel form and writing a screen play for a movie. The book comes without the music and the visuals. So as I writer you build the high points and add to the mental visuals," says Karen Oliver.
Following that run she found herself in the State of Washington producing Public Service Announcements and making promotional transitions for independent television stations, eventually leading to writing the news and overseeing the The Seattle Seafair parade.
She returned to California to began working at Universal Studios. She was a part of such films as "Scent of a Woman," "Back Draft," "The Mummy," "Liar, Liar" and "Apollo 13."
Oliver's work continued at DreamWorks Studios, receiving screen credits for such films as "Shrek the Third", "Shrek 2,""Shark Tale," "Spirit," "Flushed Away," "Bee Movie" and "Madagascar."
Karen also produces, writes and directs. Such films include "Techno Turmoil," "Mirror Image," and "Mirror Image 2: Shattered Dreams." In 2009, Oliver produced and directed a TV pilot entitled "For The Love of Music," starring Grammy nominated and Dove Award winner Ty Herndon.
When her local country music station flipped format, leaving Los Angeles without a country station, Oliver helped organize and lead a grassroots movement with many local country music fans to get country music back. Within 90 days Los Angeles had an AM station soon followed by a FM station.
Oliver went on to work at Saban Brands creating product for the #1 live action children's show Power Rangers and the new children's Saturday morning 4 hour TV Block Vortexx, formerly the CW block. She worked on the first five graphic novels for the Power Rangers, which were received hailed as better than the TV show by Power Ranger fans worldwide.
Covid brought big changes to the industry and for Karen. She began writing during the shut down and now has two award winning novels and a highly recognized novel inspired by true events. Her writing has become her latest passion. "There are many similarities with writing a fictional story in novel form and writing a screen play for a movie. The book comes without the music and the visuals. So as I writer you build the high points and add to the mental visuals," says Karen Oliver.