Andrew Karsch

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Andrew Karsch is an American film producer involved in motion pictures, politics and technology.

Biography[edit]

Film[edit]

Andrew Karsch attended The American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies, where, as a Conservatory Fellow, he produced the highly acclaimed Nights at O’Rear's, which premiered at The New York Film Festival in 1981.[1]

He subsequently founded Longfellow Pictures while working as both a producer and executive with United Artists from 1985 to 1994.

Karsch left United Artists to run companies and continue producing under his Longfellow Pictures banner first with William Randolph Hearst III and then Sidney Kimmel.

In 2010, Karsch founded the company Insurgent Media,[2] which has produced several documentaries including the SXSW award-winning Beware of Mr. Baker;[3] Blank City, about underground film, music and art in 1970s New York;[4] the Emmy nominated American Masters Woody Allen: A Documentary;[5] PBS' Before the Spring, After The Fall; and the Netflix Original Mission Blue.[6]

Karsch also executive produced the Berlin Film Festival Cinema Fairbindet prize-winning film Art/Violence.[7]

His credits include Academy Award-nominated The Prince of Tides,[8] The Emperor’s Club, Princess Caraboo, The Rachel Papers, Conviction,[9] and the 2012 Academy Award-nominated Moneyball.[10]

Karsch was executive producer on the film Moynihan, released October 3, 2018.[11] At that time he was also concluding post-production on A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard, his feature documentary examining and in many instances replicating a trip taken by then composer Paul Bowles across Morocco over half a century ago both recording the music and observing the customs of the more remote and exotic tribes throughout the country.

Politics[edit]

Karsch served as Co-Director of Senator Edward M. Kennedy's 1976 Massachusetts Senate reelection campaign and again worked with Senator Kennedy as Director of Issues and Media for his 1980 Presidential campaign.[12][13]

In 2008 working with Rock the Vote, he conceived and organized the largest youth voter registration drive to date,[14] optimizing new online platforms to register 2.6mm first time voters principally between the ages of 18 and 35.

In 2012 working with The Culture Project, Karsch produced and co-wrote the critically acclaimed Blueprint For Accountability,[15] which was presented at the NYU Skirball Center and broadcast live online around the world by FORA. Panelists included Valerie Plame Wilson, Jeremy Scahill, Ron Suskind, General Ricardo Sanchez, Vince Warren, Rose Styron and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Technology[edit]

In 2006, Karsch founded outside.in with partners Fred Wilson, Steven Johnson, and Mark Bailey[16] which was subsequently purchased by AOL in 2011.

He was also a founding partner of someecards created by Brook Lundy and Duncan Mitchell in 2007.

Current[edit]

Karsch continues to consult with numerous foundations, organizations and institutions while serving as a Senior Advisor to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial.

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nights at O'Rear's (1980)". IMDb.com.
  2. ^ "Insurgent Media". Insurgentmediany.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Le film Rampage Hors de contrôle 2018 est en streaming VF Gratuit". Regarder Rampage Hors de contrôle 2018 en streaming VF Gratuit. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  4. ^ "Blank City". IMDb.com.
  5. ^ "Andrew Karsch". Television Academy.
  6. ^ "Mission Blue". IMDb.com.
  7. ^ "Art/Violence". Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  8. ^ "The Prince of Tides Details | Sony Movie Channel". Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  9. ^ "Conviction Interview - Andrew Karsch (2010)". Trailer Addict. 5 October 2010.
  10. ^ "Moneyball - Sony Pictures". www.sonypictures.com.
  11. ^ Scheck, Frank (2018-10-03). "'Moynihan': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  12. ^ Easy, 123 Film (17 February 2016). "123 Film Easy Online Radio by 123 Film Easy". BlogTalkRadio.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "News and Features | the prince of divide". Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  14. ^ Currier, Cora (17 October 2008). "Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?". Thenation.com.
  15. ^ "CULTURE PROJECT PRESENTS THE GROUNDBREAKING SERIES "BLUEPRINT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY" (PDF). Blueprint.cultureproject.org. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  16. ^ "AOL Buys Outside.In, Less Than $10 Million". Business Insider.
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