Karine Benzaria is a filmmaker and creative producer. Influenced by her French-Colombian upbringing in white picket fence America, she is drawn to characters who defy their mundane worlds. Her production experience includes Apple TV’s HELLO TOMORROW, Amazon’s Emmy-nominated JACK RYAN, and Netflix’s THE OA. As a producer, she’s worked on film, editorial, and commercial projects, most recently the 2023 SXSW-nominated film BREAKING FAST WITH A COCA-COLA and 2022 SXSW nominee, CLARE. In 2017, she co-founded production company Dream City with Julia Kennelly and Daisy Zhou. There, she produced MARCY LEARNS SOMETHING NEW, the winner of 2020’s Vimeo Staff Pick’s Best of the Year Award. She is a 2023 FILM INDEPENDENT PROJECT INVOLVE PRODUCING FELLOW and won a 2023 WAVELENGTH GRANT, which she used to shoot ISABEL & THE MAIL-ORDER BRIDE in December. Between productions, she is developing a feature film and enjoys documenting fleeting moments through photography.