CEO, Executive Director, Producer
Arts, Music & Film industries
Senior Creative Director
Educator and Speaker
Producer PSA campaigns for NIH
Film Festival Founder and Director
Entrepreneurs and Corporate Creatives
Artists and Production Companies
Schools and After-Schools
Colleges and Universities
Government and Non-profits
Executive responsible for developing A-list international film directors and producing world-class films, music videos, broadcast television spots and cultural arts programming.
Mentored new artists in skills to successfully produce top content and developed companies to attract clients looking for creative leadership, including Sony, Warner, Def Jam, and Coke.
Over 10 years as senior executive producer on more than 300 filmed content projects including government PSA campaigns and as award-winning cultural arts producer, staged live events and educational programs. Sadler is an experienced fundraiser benefitting children through the arts.
The recent launch of ArtLife World expands Sadler's work into the online artist gallery and retail space with a roster of artists and their work represented for commercial and personal collections. The website showcases an array of originals and artist-designed products.
Founder and CEO, ArtLife Productions and ArtLife World
Founder and Creative Director, World Arts Film Festival
MA, Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, NY, NY
BFA, Visual Arts and Film Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Alumna, Lincoln Center Education, Teaching Artist Development Lab, NYC
It is my commitment to provide greater opportunities through the arts for individual voices to be shared in a place beyond one's age or ability, where artists and filmmakers meet to mentor each other and bring their work into the world.
Two-minute excerpt from documentary about the World Arts Film Festival project.
Karen Douglass Sadler, Executive Producer