Karen Robson

Karen Robson (born 19 March 1957) is a film financier, producer and actress, best known for her portrayal of the mysterious brunette Irma in Peter Weir's cult classic Picnic at Hanging Rock.[1]


She was born in Malacca, Malaysia.

After Picnic at Hanging Rock, Robson moved into film production which she has now worked in since 1986. She is now a partner at the Los Angeles branch of the entertainment law firm Pryor Cashman, where she opened an LA office, and specializes in film finance[2]. Robson has helped produce films ranging from Nick Nolte's Affliction to Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger. In recent years, Karen has represented a significant portion of producers, lenders, equity investors and distributors in a wide range of financings, including senior and mezzanine debt and equity, international co-productions, U.S. and foreign tax incentivized financings and crowd funding, with an added focus on animation and TV joint ventures. She represents a variety of financiers, banks, equity investors,high-profile independent producers and production companies for which she structures film finance transactions, as well as, provides production legal representation. [3]

Over the past sixteen years she has handled financing on multiple picture deals and single pictures, television mini-series and major documentaries. Some of her practice has included an overall financing distribution arrangement for a major independent producer with United Artists; a $200 million credit facility for a production company based at Warner Brothers on behalf of a bank syndicate; and tax incentive international film financing for a major independent producer. [3]

She worked on the first HD 3D film, released by Disney in April 2003, the directorial debut of Russell Crowe, The Water Diviner, James Cameron’s groundbreaking digital 3D IMAX feature underwater documentary Ghosts of the Abyss, ReelFx’s animated feature film Free Birds, Edward R. Pressman’s The Crow and its spinoffs including the upcoming major Crow feature film reboot, and, more recently, a series of international TV co-productions for a major US basic cable network. She has also worked extensively in international media and strategic entertainment investments and acquisitions in India, China, Japan, the Middle East, UK, Australia, Europe (particularly Germany) and Latin America.[3]

Recently she has represented a number of slate equity funds for production funding for independently financed films and TV. Lately she has been working on international co-production pacts involving equity and distribution for major U.S. motion pictures with budgets in excess of a $100 million dollars.

Personal life

Robson is married to Iranian-born film director Ramin Niami and has two children.

References

  1. ↑ Just where did the girls go?
  2. ↑ "Pryor Cashman | Karen Robson - Pryor Cashman LLP". www.pryorcashman.com. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  3. 1 2 3 "Speakers - Film/TV Production & Finance Summit". Film/TV Production & Finance Summit. Retrieved 2017-07-05.


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