Karen Chapman
Education	Emily Carr University of Art and Design Canadian Film Centre
Years active	2000s–present
Children	2

Karen Chapman is a Canadian film and television director,^[1] whose debut feature film Village Keeper premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2]

A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Canadian Film Centre,^[3] she made a number of short films in her early career, prior to her screenplay treatment for Village Keeper being selected for Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program for emerging filmmakers in 2018.^[4]

In 2019 her short virtual reality documentary They Should Be Flowers premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,^[5] and her narrative short film Measure premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.^[6] They Should Be Flowers received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.^[7]

She subsequently directed episodes of the television series Odd Squad, Holly Hobbie and Black Life: Untold Stories,^[7] and another short film titled Quiet Minds Silent Streets,^[8] before entering production on Village Keeper in 2023.^[1]

She received a nomination for the DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film for Village Keeper.^[9] At the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025, the film won the John Dunning Best First Feature Award.^[10]

Filmography

• Beauty Lies - 2008
• Stain - 2013
• Walk Good - 2016
• Lessons Injustice - 2017
• Measure - 2019
• They Should Be Flowers - 2019
• Quiet Minds Silent Streets - 2022
• Village Keeper - 2024

References

External links

• Karen Chapman at IMDb