Striking a balance between thought-provoking subject matter and broad commercial appeal, producer Karen Johnson of GoodMovies Entertainment focuses on projects that feature compelling women characters, or have women writers and/or directors. Karen produced the award-winning documentary feature film Double Dare about Hollywood stuntwomen, directed by Amanda Micheli. An official selection of the Toronto Film Festival, it won numerous honors worldwide, including five major film festival audience awards, and is being distributed internationally by First Look Studios and NBC/Universal. Through her prior partnership with Wild Rose Productions, Karen co-produced the romantic comedy Twice Upon A Yesterday starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Maria Ripoll, which was distributed internationally, won many festival honors, and was nominated for an Imagen Award and a Goya Award. Karen also produced the fiction feature film Prospect, an adaptation of award-winning writer/director Octavio Solis’s stage play. She also has had feature films in development with Sony Pictures and Universal Studios. She has an MFA from USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program and a law degree.