CEO, Abramorama – Innovation & Strategy Officer, Theorem Media

Advisory Council, Committee on Global Thought

Karol is an Austrian-born American entrepreneur and media industry innovator with broad motion picture, publishing, broadcast, event and Internet backgrounds. He has produced over three dozen award-winning films and his career spans multiple decades including pioneering leadership in the American independent film sector. Karol is CEO of Abramorama, Innovation & Strategy Officer of the non-profit Theorem Media, and Founder of strategic advisory Thought Engine. Karol was the President of Film for Michael Cohl’s S2BN Entertainment, EVP of Film & Animation at Babel Networks, President/Publisher of Silicon Alley Reporter, and Head of Film at Chris Blackwell’s Palm Pictures. While at Palm, he led operations and brand positioning for the RES Media Group unit, including its digital film festival RESFEST, the world’s original digital arts and entertainment festival, which in its 10th year (’06) was a global touring event spanning 6 continents, 19 countries and 40 cities worldwide.

Karol has produced over 25 television and satellite broadcast music programs, multiple Webby Award-winning projects including wetheeconomy.com and focusforwardfilms.com and he co-founded Filmmaker Magazine, RES Magazine and several media content enterprises, including conditionone, and IndieWire.com. Current and former boards include Columbia University’s Global Thought (CGT) and Digital Storytelling Lab (DSL), The Wall Street Theater, Rightster, Bella Gaia, The Film Collaborative, Rising Tide Studios, and the Hamptons International Film Festival, LA Independent Film Festival, Vermont Film & Folklore Festival, and Kitzbuehel Film Festival.

Karol has lived in over 20 cities internationally and received a B.A. from SUNY Purchase and an M.F.A. from Columbia University with a concentration in entertainment law, theater management and film production. (www.karol.com)

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Education 

  • M.F.A., SOA (Theater/Film/Law), Columbia University
  • B.A., Interdivisional History, SUNY Purchase