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Karen Gaviola

Alias:
Karen Z. Gaviola

Birthplace:
USA

Biography from TheMovieDB

Karen Gaviola is an American television producer and director. She is the winner of the 2007 NAACP Image Award for directing "The Whole Truth" episode of the ABC hit series Lost.

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Film Production

Assistant Director Trainee:
1985  Commando

First Assistant Director:
1985  Commando
1993  Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
1993  Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
1994  Web of Deception

Second Assistant Director:
1985  Commando
1986  Never Too Young to Die
1986  The Naked Cage
1988  Little Girl Lost
1989  Amityville: The Evil Escapes
1993  Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
1993  Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
1994  Web of Deception

Second Second Assistant Director:
1985  Commando
1986  Never Too Young to Die
1986  The Naked Cage
1988  Caddyshack II
1988  Little Girl Lost
1989  Amityville: The Evil Escapes
1993  Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
1993  Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
1994  Web of Deception

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TV Production

Co-Executive Producer:
2010  Hawaii Five-0

Director:
1990  Law & Order
1999  Providence
2000  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000  Strong Medicine
2001  Alias
2001  Crossing Jordan
2002  CSI: Miami
2002  Without a Trace
2003  Cold Case
2004  CSI: NY
2004  Lost
2004  Medical Investigation
2005  Bones
2005  Close to Home
2005  Criminal Minds
2005  Ghost Whisperer
2005  Prison Break
2006  Brothers and Sisters
2006  Justice
2006  The Unit
2007  Cane
2007  Journeyman
2007  Lincoln Heights
2007  Private Practice
2008  Eleventh Hour
2008  Sons of Anarchy
2009  Castle
2009  Dark Blue
2009  Lie to Me
2009  NCIS: Los Angeles
2009  The Forgotten
2010  Blue Bloods
2010  Chase
2010  Hawaii Five-0
2010  Nikita
2010  The Walking Dead
2011  Alphas
2011  Grimm
2011  Hell on Wheels
2011  Terra Nova
2011  The Cape
2011  Unforgettable
2012  Chicago Fire
2013  Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013  The Blacklist
2014  Chicago P.D.
2014  Gotham
2014  Legends
2015  Blindspot
2015  Supergirl
2016  Animal Kingdom
2016  Colony
2016  Lucifer
2017  The Gifted
2018  Magnum P.I.
2018  Station 19
2019  The Boys
2021  Debris
2021  Shadow and Bone
2022  Paper Girls
2024  Parish

Producer:
1990  Law & Order
1999  Providence
2000  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000  Strong Medicine
2001  Alias
2001  Crossing Jordan
2002  CSI: Miami
2002  Without a Trace
2003  Cold Case
2004  CSI: NY
2004  Lost
2004  Medical Investigation
2005  Bones
2005  Close to Home
2005  Criminal Minds
2005  Ghost Whisperer
2005  Prison Break
2006  Brothers and Sisters
2006  Justice
2006  The Unit
2007  Cane
2007  Journeyman
2007  Lincoln Heights
2007  Private Practice
2008  Eleventh Hour
2008  Sons of Anarchy
2009  Castle
2009  Dark Blue
2009  Lie to Me
2009  NCIS: Los Angeles
2009  The Forgotten
2010  Blue Bloods
2010  Chase
2010  Hawaii Five-0
2010  Nikita
2010  The Walking Dead
2011  Alphas
2011  Grimm
2011  Hell on Wheels
2011  Terra Nova
2011  The Cape
2011  Unforgettable
2012  Chicago Fire
2013  Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013  The Blacklist
2014  Chicago P.D.
2014  Gotham
2014  Legends
2015  Blindspot
2015  Supergirl
2016  Animal Kingdom
2016  Colony
2016  Lucifer
2017  The Gifted
2018  Magnum P.I.
2018  Station 19
2019  The Boys
2021  Debris
2021  Shadow and Bone
2022  Paper Girls
2024  Parish

Supervising Producer:
1990  Law & Order
1999  Providence
2000  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000  Strong Medicine
2001  Alias
2001  Crossing Jordan
2002  CSI: Miami
2002  Without a Trace
2003  Cold Case
2004  CSI: NY
2004  Lost
2004  Medical Investigation
2005  Bones
2005  Close to Home
2005  Criminal Minds
2005  Ghost Whisperer
2005  Prison Break
2006  Brothers and Sisters
2006  Justice
2006  The Unit
2007  Cane
2007  Journeyman
2007  Lincoln Heights
2007  Private Practice
2008  Eleventh Hour
2008  Sons of Anarchy
2009  Castle
2009  Dark Blue
2009  Lie to Me
2009  NCIS: Los Angeles
2009  The Forgotten
2010  Blue Bloods
2010  Chase
2010  Hawaii Five-0
2010  Nikita
2010  The Walking Dead
2011  Alphas
2011  Grimm
2011  Hell on Wheels
2011  Terra Nova
2011  The Cape
2011  Unforgettable
2012  Chicago Fire
2013  Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013  The Blacklist
2014  Chicago P.D.
2014  Gotham
2014  Legends
2015  Blindspot
2015  Supergirl
2016  Animal Kingdom
2016  Colony
2016  Lucifer
2017  The Gifted
2018  Magnum P.I.
2018  Station 19
2019  The Boys
2021  Debris
2021  Shadow and Bone
2022  Paper Girls
2024  Parish

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