Karen Knox(I)
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Knox is an, actor, director and writer based in Toronto. Knox's directorial debut feature film Adult Adoption premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival 2022. Her sophomore feature We Forgot to Break Up (Motel Pictures) based on the award winning novel Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess will have its festival premiere in 2023. She is the creator/director of the CBC series HOMESCHOOLED. For two seasons apiece, she served as show runner of Slo Pitch ( IFC & AMC+) and BARBELLE (Shaftesbury). As an actor Knox is best known for her role alongside Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe in Paramount's All I Didn't Want For Christmas, "Holly Frost" in SYFY's Letters to Satan Claus, as well as in HOMESCHOOLED (CBC) Slopitch (IFC/AMC+) and BARBELLE (Shaftesbury). Knox has directed/written several shorts with her company Boss & Co including Borderline (Dances With Films), Case of the Massey Bodice Ripping (winner of best short film at Venice Short Film Festival and Budapest Independent Film Festival) Damage Control (best short at Toronto Pendance Festival) The Fates (TIFF) as well as the controversial online heist film Cons & Pros which debuted on VICE.com in January 2020.
Knox's writing work includes the six part series For The Record (CBC + Universal Music), HOMESCHOOLED (CBC + Portfolio Entertainment) and Falconette (Shaftesbury), as well as multiple titles for Boss & Co.
Knox's writing work includes the six part series For The Record (CBC + Universal Music), HOMESCHOOLED (CBC + Portfolio Entertainment) and Falconette (Shaftesbury), as well as multiple titles for Boss & Co.