Laki Karavias | Creative Direction & Production

About

I'm a LA based filmaker who recently escaped the rain of the Pacific Northwest to get a bit more vitamin D in my life. 

Here's my creative journey in short: Took a computer animation course in high school and thought it was pretty cool, Wanted to work at Pixar and almost signed up to go to school for animation but learned that was super technical and that I probably couldnt hack it, decided to try something more magnanimous so... I went to school for adolescent development, became a group counselor in a drug rehab for teens. It was only a matter of time before film crept back in as I started making short films with the kids in recovery. Eventually, I flew the non-profit coupe and started making films for myself. Sorry kids. 

Since that day I've had the privilege of traveling the world working on documentary films for some other folks doing some pretty magnanimous stuff, so I guess it all kinda came full circle.

Really grateful for my creative journey thus far. Since I took the plunge, I've worked along some pretty stellar creative folks, filled up more moleskin notebooks than I can count with chicken scratch ideas, won some awards for film and music production, written a couple scripts and torn up a several more, had moments where I felt like I could take on the world and others where I wanted to give up... but... still at it and excited for what the future holds. 

 

CIRCA 1985 // Me, back in the day, when the neighborhood kids didn't even know what was cool.

CIRCA 1985 // Me, back in the day, when the neighborhood kids didn't even know what was cool.

 

Hmm… what to say?

I’m a filmmaker, and other creative stuff enthusiast, living in the Pacific Northwest. I could say more about myself but I think the featured bio pic says more than I could ever convey with words.

Film Education

National Film and Television School // Beaconsfield, England :: Directors Series, Writing for Film and Television, Craft Editing, Directing the Microbudget Feature.

Prague Film School // Prague, Czech Republic :: Filmmaking Certification.

London Film School // London, England :: Marketing and Distribution for Film, Story is Character. 

Directing Actors Foundation with Adrienne Weiss  // NYC :: The "Tools" Foundation.