Dragonet Films is the award-winning boutique Film and TV development company of Sydney-based producer and executive Karen Radzyner, working with the strongest creative teams of writers and directors, whose skill and vision create standout, world-class content for television, for new platforms, and for the cinema.
In 2022, Karen joins Photoplay Film+TV as Executive Producer and Head of Development. Find her at Photoplay to make contact about the Photoplay and Dragonet slates.
Karen Radzyner is a Sydney-based producer whose credits include two multi-award-winning TV mini-series – PAPER GIANTS: THE BIRTH OF CLEO and TWO TWISTED, the latter produced with Bryan
Brown; BEING VENICE, the debut feature of poet Miro Bilbrough; and many much-travelled and lauded short films.
She spent much of 2014 in the Development team at Scott Free Films, London as part of a highly sought after Screen Australia placement.
Karen has frequently consulted for Australian Screen Agencies – with the Producer Offset Unit at Screen Australia and as a Feature Film Development Executive on the launch of Create NSW’s Amplifier: Adaptation. Between 2016 to early 2018, Karen worked as Scripted Commissioning Editor at broadcaster SBS, before returning her full attention to independent producing.
PAPER GIANTS (SOUTHERN STAR JOHN EDWARDS/ABC) –
AACTA AWARD AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST PERFORMANCE 2011 (6 NOMINATIONS)
PAPER GIANTS – 2 LOGIES 2011 (4 NOMINATIONS)
TWO TWISTED (BRYAN BROWN/NEWTOWN FILMS/NINE NETWORK) – ADG, ASCG AND AWGIE AWARDS (NOT ENTERED IN AFIs) 2006
BEING VENICE – IN COMPETITION – MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG 2012
THE SUITOR – SHORT WITH TILDA COBHAM-HERVEY
FINALIST BEST COMEDY ST KILDA FILM FEST 2017
FINALIST BEST DIRECTOR ST KILDA FILM FEST 2017
HANDYMAN – SHORT WITH ODESSA YOUNG –
FINALIST BEST COMEDY ST KILDA FILM FEST 2013
LEN’S LOVE STORY – SHORT WITH MIA WASIKOWSKA – TRIBECA TOP 5 PICK 2007
CLUTCH – AUDIENCE AWARD SHORT SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2007
BEST SHORT FILM – ST TROPEZ CINEMA DES ANTIPODES 2007
BAGGAGE CLAIM – POV FILM FEST- BEST ACTRESS AWARD DANIELA FARINACCI 2003
THE MORMON CONQUEST – AUDIENCE AWARD MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL 2002
GATE – BEST COMEDY SHORT – MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL 2001
& MANY INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
GATE – NOMINEE AFI AWARDS BEST SCREENPLAY 2001
