About

Karina Palmer

New York-based filmmaker, director, producer and actor working across film, television, documentary and original formats.

School of Visual Arts graduate · Outstanding Achievement Award

Screen work

Film, television & hosting

Warner Bros. Pictures

One Battle After Another

Karina Palmer appears as Sister, credited on screen as Sister Karina, in the film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Netflix

Surviving Escobar – Alias JJ

Palmer appears as Luisa, a DEA officer drawn into the effort to bring down Escobar’s top hitman.

Host / Producer · Food & travel

Trippin for Food

Palmer hosts and produces the original food-and-travel series, exploring local cuisines, markets and cultures across multiple countries.

Television · Colombia

Canal Trece

As on-camera talent and host, Palmer worked on I Love Sabor USA, a bilingual food-and-travel series, and Vive Digital, a weekly sitcom-format travel series following three roommates across Colombia.

Karina Palmer with the Vive Digital cast on set — VIVE DIGITAL

Karina Palmer with the Vive Digital cast — VIVE DIGITAL · CANAL TRECE

Karina Palmer in a Vive Digital Canal Trece promotional image — VIVE DIGITAL · PROMO

Music · culture · television

Current TV

At Current TV, Palmer moved fully on camera, producing and hosting music, culture and events segments after earlier work documenting artists and bands around New York’s downtown music scene.

Karina Palmer during her New York music and television work

Broadcast · Los Angeles

Univision 34 Los Angeles

Palmer later appeared on camera for Univision 34 Los Angeles, including lifestyle and city-guide segments for Claro Guide.

Karina Palmer hosting a Univision 34 Los Angeles Claro Guide segment — UNIVISION 34 LOS ANGELES

Music video · 2018

Morcheeba — Blaze Away

Music video project directed by David N. Donihue.

Directing / documentary

Train of Freedom

Palmer directed the 50-minute documentary about post-war reconciliation in Kosovo, told through the country’s railway system and the passengers and workers who continue to share it. Train of Freedom won Best Documentary at the RADAR International Independent Film Festival in Hamburg.

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Video art

Live works

A selection of moving image works developed for live presentation, where video functions as part of the performance rather than as a conventional standalone film.

Performance art

Sister Karina

Sister Karina is an ongoing performance persona developed through Sisters of New York, a character with a life in the real world, moving through events, editorial work, ritual and public space.

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