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Karen Gaviola

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Karen Gaviola is known for The Boys (2019), Shadow and Bone (2021) and The Walking Dead (2010).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Jensen Ackles, Antony Starr, Nathan Mitchell, Chace Crawford, Valorie Curry, Colby Minifie, Susan Heyward, and Daveed Diggs in The Boys (2019)
    The Boys
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Ben Barnes, Archie Renaux, and Jessie Mei Li in Shadow and Bone (2021)
    Shadow and Bone
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Paper Girls (2022)
    Paper Girls
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Paper Girls (2022)
      Paper Girls
      7.3
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2022
    • Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Meaghan Rath, Ian Anthony Dale, Alex O'Loughlin, and Beulah Koale in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
      Hawaii Five-0
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018–2020
    • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018
    • Love Is_ (2018)
      Love Is_
      8.3
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018
    • Tom Ellis in Lucifer (2016)
      Lucifer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2016–2018

    Director

    • Jensen Ackles, Antony Starr, Nathan Mitchell, Chace Crawford, Valorie Curry, Colby Minifie, Susan Heyward, and Daveed Diggs in The Boys (2019)
      The Boys
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • directed by
      • 2024–2026
    • Asa Germann, Derek Luh, Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, London Thor, and Maddie Phillips in Gen V (2023)
      Gen V
      7.6
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2025
    • Giancarlo Esposito in Parish (2024)
      Parish
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Ben Barnes, Archie Renaux, and Jessie Mei Li in Shadow and Bone (2021)
      Shadow and Bone
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
      The Walking Dead
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Paper Girls (2022)
      Paper Girls
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Tom Ellis in Lucifer (2016)
      Lucifer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2021
    • Station 19 (2018)
      Station 19
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele in Debris (2021)
      Debris
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Meaghan Rath, Ian Anthony Dale, Alex O'Loughlin, and Beulah Koale in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
      Hawaii Five-0
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2020
    • Paul James, Jenna Dewan, and Callie Hernandez in Soundtrack (2019)
      Soundtrack
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018–2019
    • Love Is_ (2018)
      Love Is_
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies in Colony (2016)
      Colony
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in Empire (2015)
      Empire
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jacqueline Obradors, Charlotte Ross, Henry Simmons, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (1993)
      NYPD Blue
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1995–2002
    • Philip Casnoff and Karen Sillas in Under Suspicion (1994)
      Under Suspicion
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1995
    • Powers Boothe in Web of Deception (1994)
      Web of Deception
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1994
    • Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993)
      Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1993
    • Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993)
      Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1993
    • Linda Hunt, Jeff Kaake, and Marjorie Monaghan in Space Rangers (1993)
      Space Rangers
      6.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1993–1994
    • A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992)
      A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1992
    • Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, Ann B. Davis, Leah Ayres, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, and Barry Williams in The Bradys (1990)
      The Bradys
      5.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1990
    • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
      CBS Summer Playhouse
      6.6
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1989
    • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
      Tales from the Crypt
      8.0
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1989–1996
    • Brandy Gold in Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes (1989)
      Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes
      4.4
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 1989
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1988
    • Something Is Out There (1988)
      Something Is Out There
      6.6
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1988
    • Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Dyan Cannon, Randy Quaid, Jonathan Silverman, Jessica Lundy, Jackie Mason, Dina Merrill, Robert Stack, and Marsha Warfield in Caddyshack II (1988)
      Caddyshack II
      3.8
      • second second assistant director
      • 1988
    • Chuck Connors, Lance LeGault, and John J. York in Werewolf (1987)
      Werewolf
      7.8
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1988

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    • Alternative name
      • Karen Z. Gaviola

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