Karl-Mary Akre

screenwriter + producer + director

About

Karl-Mary Akre is a first-generation Ivorian American writer, director, and producer. Her writing centers Blackness within genre narratives of horror, mystery, and science fiction. She has been a Finalist for the 2020 PERIPLUS Fellowship, a mentee in WOC Unite’s #Startwith8 program, and a participant in the 2021 Athena Film Festival Virtual Writers Lab. Her writing debut "HAIR CARE" won the Special Jury Award in the Texas Shorts category at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival.In 2023, Karl-Mary garnered her MFA in Writing with a focus on screenwriting from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.

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