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Laura Karpman

Laura Karpman
2018-19
Past Honorable Mention Mentor

Four-time Emmy winning composer Laura Karpman brings a unique and conceptual voice to her significant body of work spanning film, television, and video games. In film, she is known for her scores to Miss Virginia which stars Uzo Aduba, the Netflix rom-com Set It Up, Sony’s Paris Can Wait, Lionsgate’s The Cotton Club Encore, Fox Searchlight’s Step and Black Nativity, as well as the animated shorts Sitara and Walk Run Cha-Cha. For television, Karpman most recently scored the HBO series Lovecraft Country and the Discovery’s docu-series Why We Hate, for which she earned two Emmy nominations. Her other television credits include WGN America’s award-winning series Underground, the PBS’ Peabody award-winning series Craft in America, and Showtime’s Sid and Judy.