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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.

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p: +61 411 692 259
e: karen@photoplay.co

karen radzyner

producer | company director

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.

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awards

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

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