Karen Richards

Karen Richards is a seasoned film and television professional whose career spans roles as assistant director, production manager, line producer, producer, and executive producer. She began working in the industry during the late 1990s, contributing early on to the Oscar-winning feature Saving Private Ryan (1998) as a second second assistant director, and then steadily rose through the ranks with credits in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), The Jacket (2005), and various high-profile productions. Over the years, she's worked across genres—film, drama, fantasy, and more—before emerging as a key executive producer on major TV series like Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale and most recently Netflix’s Wednesday.

Career Highlights:

Richards’s career trajectory is marked by progressive responsibility and influence. In the early stages, she worked as second assistant director on critically acclaimed feature films such as King Arthur (2004), Ella Enchanted (2004), and Reign of Fire (2002). As production manager, she contributed to Leap Year (2010) and Doomsday (2008). Later, Richards transitioned into producing roles, including line producing Ondine (2010) and producing the films As If I Am Not There (2010) and Greta (2019). More recently, she has served as executive producer on The Other (2025), Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale (2024), and the highly successful Netflix series Wednesday, helping shape one of the platform’s global hits.