Most recently, Karen served as a VFX Supervisor on Martin Campbell's "Green Lantern" for Warner Brothers.

Prior to that, she was a VFX Supervisor for 10,000 B.C., The Day After Tomorrow, Spider-Man, Eight Legged Freaks and Godzilla.

Before moving up to VFX Supervisor, she was a Digital Effects Supervisor for The Fifth Element, Apollo 13, T2-3D: Battle Across Time and Strange Days, as well as a Digital Artist for "Titanic, "True Lies, and "Last Action Hero."

Karens career began in 1984 at a Providence, RI television station where she gained her first experience as a Digital Artist. From there, she spent the next few years freelancing at various facilities in Boston and New York before making the move to Los Angeles in 1993 to work on feature films.

Karen has earned two BAFTA Awards for Best Visual Effects for "The Day After Tomorrow" and "The Fifth Element", as well as two Emmy Awards for her work as Supervising Animator for the NBC Sports 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics graphics package.

She is also the author of Visual Effects in a Digital World.