Karen Lauder
Moby ID: 83337
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Karen Lauder is the Co-President and Co-Founder of Abandon Entertainment and Chairman of Abandon's film production company, Abandon Pictures. She has served as Executive Producer on all of Abandon's films: Off the Lip, Pros and Cons and Scotland PA, for which she also oversaw the theatrical release in conjunction with domestic distributor Lot 47, which stars Maura Tierney, James LeGros, Christopher Walken and Andy Dick, and was released to theaters in February, 2002; Oxygen, starring Adrien Brody and Maura Tierney; The Time Shifters, starring Casper Van Dien and Catherine Bell; and Mexico City, starring Stacy Edwards.
As Co-President of Abandon Entertainment, Karen helped develop the concept for both Init Flix and Init Games, creating the storyline for the first Web-episode, Serena's Night Out, with Director/Producer Deborah Marinoff. Along with her partner Marcus Ticotin, Karen has guided Abandon's expansion through its deals with Dimension Pictures and producer Scott Faye, as well as Abandon's partnering with Tidex Technologies and investment in Mythic Entertainment.
Before co-founding Abandon Entertainment, Karen was a partner in the multimedia production company Revolutionary Alternatives in Video Entertainment (R.A.V.E), formed by Adam P. Kennedy, and specializing in children's programming, alternative education, and audio information systems. She has co-created and co-written nationally aired programs for network, cable, and public television, among them, Africa/U.S.A: The Connection and The World Connection. Karen also co-wrote the screenplays Twist and The Curia with her writing partner, Adam P. Kennedy.
Prior to her partnership in R.A.V.E, Karen was an investment banker with Metropolitan Asset Group, a division of Insignia Financial Corporation, Inc. Karen was a Senior Associate in the firm's real estate syndication division.
Source: Selected articles from Abandon Entertainment Official Company Website - Who's Who - Karen Lauder
http://www.abandonent.com/content/bios/karen_lauder.html
Credited on 7 games
Dark Age of Camelot: Epic Edition (2005, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising (2005, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs (2004, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Dark Age of Camelot: Platinum Edition (2004, Windows) | Abandon Entertainment |
Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis (2003, Windows) | Abandon Entertainment |
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (2002, Windows) | Abandon Entertainment |
Dark Age of Camelot (2001, Windows) | Abandon Entertainment |
Frequent Collaborators
People- 7 games with Jason Dawdy
- 7 games with Christopher S. Ondrus
- 7 games with Philip O'Neil
- 7 games with Michael Crossmire
- 7 games with Spyke Alexander
- 7 games with Yvette Nash
- 7 games with Paul Torres
- 7 games with Marcus Ticotin
- 7 games with Koren Hubbard
- 7 games with Jeffry Hickman
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Companies
- 6 games with Mythic
- 6 games with Vivendi Games, Inc.
- 4 games with Wanadoo Edition
- 2 games with GOA
- 1 game with Womb Music
- 1 game with Numerical Design Limited
- 1 game with Abandon Entertainment
- 1 game with Trilobit GmbH
- 1 game with Hip Interactive Europe
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