Karl Shefelman
- Art Department
- Director
- Writer
Karl is developing his second feature film project, "The Gold Porsche Robberies". Based on a true story set in Karl's hometown of Austin, Texas, this film will be a darkly comedic true-crime drama with a ton of heart and an underlying social message. More info is available at the bottom of this page under "In-development projects at IMDbPro". Karl has written another feature script called "The Hunters" which was a Semifinalist and a TOP 50 Script in the 2015 Nicholl Fellowships Screenplay Competition. There have been many rewrites since then.
Karl's debut feature film, "Looking for the Jackalope", won the Jury Award for Best Comedy Feature and the Audience Award for Best U.S. Feature at the 2017 Austin Revolution Film Festival. Distributed by Indie Rights Movies, it is now available on Amazon Prime and many other online platforms.
Karl's short film, "Man on the Tower", screened at numerous film festival and won a Remi Award for best short film at Worldfest Houston in 2021. Based on actual events, it tells the story of some young kids witnessing the 1966 Charles Whitman sniper shooting from their back yard in Austin, Texas.
Karl's short film, "Bill's Seat", won Best Short Film at the St. Louis Int'l Film Festival, 2003. His original half-hour period drama, "Elysian Fields", also won numerous festival awards, including a Mobil Award at the First-run Film Festival, NYU, and a Gold Prize at the World Festival/Houston. Distributed by Tapestry International, it was sold to the BBC-2.
In addition, Karl has worked for years as a storyboard artist for numerous A-list directors including Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, and Martin Scorsese.
Karl was born and raised in Austin, Texas before moving to New York.
Karl's debut feature film, "Looking for the Jackalope", won the Jury Award for Best Comedy Feature and the Audience Award for Best U.S. Feature at the 2017 Austin Revolution Film Festival. Distributed by Indie Rights Movies, it is now available on Amazon Prime and many other online platforms.
Karl's short film, "Man on the Tower", screened at numerous film festival and won a Remi Award for best short film at Worldfest Houston in 2021. Based on actual events, it tells the story of some young kids witnessing the 1966 Charles Whitman sniper shooting from their back yard in Austin, Texas.
Karl's short film, "Bill's Seat", won Best Short Film at the St. Louis Int'l Film Festival, 2003. His original half-hour period drama, "Elysian Fields", also won numerous festival awards, including a Mobil Award at the First-run Film Festival, NYU, and a Gold Prize at the World Festival/Houston. Distributed by Tapestry International, it was sold to the BBC-2.
In addition, Karl has worked for years as a storyboard artist for numerous A-list directors including Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, and Martin Scorsese.
Karl was born and raised in Austin, Texas before moving to New York.
