Debra Karen

Canadian film and TV editor

Debra Karen
Born	Deborah Karjala
Education	Dawson College
Occupation	Film editor

Debra Karen is a Canadian film and TV editor known for her work on works like Meatballs and Happy Birthday to Me.^[1] In 2014, she was presented with the Canadian Cinema Editors' Lifetime Achievement Award. Her face appears on the artwork for David Cronenberg's film Shivers.^[2]

Selected filmography

The House by the Lake (1976)
Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977)
Blackout (1978)^[3]
Meatballs (1979)^[3]
Crunch (1980) (TV movie)^[3]
Final Assignment (1980)
Yesterday (1981)
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)^[3]
Heartbreak High (1981)
Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986)^[3]
The Incident (1990) (TV movie)^[3]
Ivory Hunters (1990)
The Last Elephant (1990)^[3]
The First Circle (1992) (TV movie)^[3]
Family Pictures (1993) (TV movie)^[3]
Sweet Killing (1993)^[3]
My Antonia (1995) (TV movie)^[3]
Vanished (1995) (TV movie)^[3]
A Green Journey (1997)^[3]
Mandela and de Klerk (1997) (TV movie)^[3]
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999) (TV movie)
Deadly Betrayal (2003) (TV movie)
Salem Witch Trials (2003) (TV movie)^[3]
Wicked Minds (2003) (TV movie)

References

^ "Canadian Cinema Editors | Team Members". Canadian Cinema Editors. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
^ "Canadian Film Editors 2014 Awards" (PDF). 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Debra Karen". BFI. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2021.