"Knowing how to make a movie magnificent is a gift. How to capture an image technically is one thing, but how to tell a story is another. Kara is a huge part of the reason Hemlock Films produces the kind of movies that cuddle up to your heart, open your mind, and settle well in your soul."
Linda Street-Ely
Journalist
Kara White Director
Commercials
EMBRACE COMMERCIAL
GORMLEY'S PUB COMMERCIAL
FIVE STAR NOTEBOOKS
"TOUGH AND TESTED"
WHY I FLY : EMILY
"I VOLUNTEER" COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE MINNESOTA WING
WHY I FLY : CHRIS
Documentary Film Trailers
RISE ABOVE: WASP TRAILER
BEYOND THE POWDER TRAILER
JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIRTHPLACE OF AVIATION
Behind the Scenes/TRAILERS
THE RESISTANCE - FILM TRAILER
CASTING RISE ABOVE: WASP
RECREATING AVENGER FIELD
RISE ABOVE: WASP
DIRECTOR'S FILM REEL
Kara is an award-winning Director and Producer of multiple documentaries, web videos, and commercials. With a love for storytelling and passion for tales of strong women in history, she has Directed the documentary films Rise Above: WASP about the Women Airforce Service Pilots from WWII, and PBS' Beyond the Powder, telling the story of the first women's cross-country air race and the women who still race today. She excels at highlighting the beauty of people's passions and getting the audience to feel that emotion and making them care about the subjects.
She has received Emmy nominations for Director, Writing, and Research and has won Emmy awards for Writing, Best Documentary, and Technical Achievement, along with multiple film festival awards. She produced the Emmy Award winning documentaries The Restorers (TV series) and Space Chase USA for PBS, and Rise Above: Tuskegee Airmen. Her feature length script, The Aviatrix, was selected as a finalist in the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival.
Kara started her career in New York City, working as a Producer creating spots for Food Network, USA, and Touchstone Energy.
I want the audience to feel something. If I'm not evoking emotion, I'm failing.