Kara White
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Cleveland Director

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Kara is an award-winning Director and Producer of multiple documentaries, narrative short films, 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 has also won Best Editing, Gold Award for Directing, Screenplay, and Drama at the Paris Film 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.

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Video Portfolio (8) view all

Rise Above: WASP

Rise Above: WASP is a 30 minute documentary with narrative scenes created for the Commemorative Air Force's Rise Above educational… View the Video

Commemorative Air Force - Mi…

I directed a commercial for the Commemorative Air Force -Minnesota Wing's museum, highlighting that their organization is completely volunteer run… View the Video

Gormley's Pub Commercial

A commercial I directed for a local Irish pub called Gormley's Pub. We designed the commercial to capture what it's… View the Video

Embrace Pet Insurance Commer…

Commercial I directed for Embrace Pet Insurance (2 versions, :15 and :30 second spots). We used Embrace's company employees and… View the Video

The Resistance

Part of Tri-C's Film Intensive Workshop, the film drops the audience into a tense standoff in a WWII cafĂ© in… View the Video

Why I Fly - Jenna Achtzehn

One of 30+ web videos that I have directed for the "Why I Fly" series. "Why I Fly" is a… View the Video

Five Star Notebook - Tough a…

This is one in a series of three commercials I directed for Five Star Notebook's Tough and Tested campaign through… View the Video

Kara White Director's Reel

Demo reel demonstrating directing work on various narratives, documentaries, and commercials. Featuring award-winning narrative and documentary films. Kara is an… View the Video

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