biography
Originally from Dayton, Ohio, Karri O’Reilly has been involved with over 100 features, short films, commercials and television programs during her twenty plus years in the entertainment industry.
Karri received her degree in Motion Picture Production from Wright State University, and worked on several feature films in Ohio and as an associate news producer for the local ABC affiliate before moving to Los Angeles in 1995. In LA, she jumped back into film production, working on such films as Boogie Nights, Wedding Crashers, and Legion.
Most recently, Karri produced London Calling (Ron Perlman, Malcolm McDowel, Vinnie Jones) in Kentucky. In 2017, Karri Co-Produced the Ben Foster/Elle Fanning thriller Galveston for Low Spark Films (2018 SXSW Selection), Donnybrook (2018 TIFF Selection) starring Jamie Bell, Margaret Qualley and Frank Badge Dale for David Lancaster’s Rumble Films, and was Executive Producer on the Ellen Page/Kate Mara drama My Days of Mercy for Killer FIlms/Great Point Media (2017 TIFF Selection). Karri was Co-Producer on the 2016 Sundance Competition Selection Goat starring Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas, produced by Killer Films and RabbitBandini Productons. She also produced Mariah Carey’s directing debut A Christmas Melody for Hallmark Channel. Additional past projects include serving as production manager on the Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated Todd Haynes film Carol (starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara), produced the Warner Brothers release The Philly Kid, co-produced the Lionsgate releases Husk and Fertile Ground, the Sony release Linewatch starring Cuba Gooding Jr., and co-produced the 3D feature The Dark Country also for Sony. She produced the Romania-lensed Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, horror features which aired on Syfy and which were released on DVD by Sony.
An expert on the practical applications of international and domestic film tax incentives, she lobbied extensively and gave proponent testimony at the Ohio Senate Ways and Means Committee several times for the Ohio Film Tax Credit, which became part of the State of Ohio Budget in 2009 and which has helped bring millions of dollars of film activity into the state. Karri has very successfully handled the rebate preparations for numerous films utilizing incentive programs throughout the US. Her ability to present clear and complete backup of production costs has earned her a great reputation and high praise from state auditors and producers alike.
As a consultant Karri has used her knowledge of the industry to help re-work the Dayton, Ohio city tax code to make it more effective in collecting taxes, and helped the City of Dayton develop a formal film permit system, recently called the best in the state by the Ohio Film Commissioner, to facilitate production activity in the area.
Some of her work outside feature films includes production managing a 70mm music video directed by Vincent Gallo for the Sony Japan group L’Arc-en-Ciel, and wrangling the 120 foot inflatable brassiere that took over the San Fernando Valley for a Japanese department store commercial. She has worked in various capacities for commercial clients such as Beats by Dr. Dre, Apple, Harley Davidson, Donatos Pizza and Visa, and has taught film budgeting/scheduling at the college level. She also has handled off the radar pickups and second unit for several high profile features, and continues to actively produce and production manage national and regional commercials.
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642456/
