Karls debut feature film LOOKING FOR THE JACKALOPE won the Jury Award for Best Comedy Feature and the Audience Award for Best US Feature at the 2017 Austin Revolution Film Festival Distributed by Indie Rights Movies it is now available on Amazon Prime and other online platforms Karls short film MAN ON THE TOWER won a Remy Award for Best Short Film at the 2021 Worldfest Houston Film Festival It tells the story of some young kids witnessing the 1966 UT tower sniper shooting from their back yard in Austin Texas Karls film BILLS SEAT won Best Short Film at the St Louis Intl Film Festival 2003 His halfhour period drama ELYSIAN FIELDS also won numerous festival awards including a Gold Prize at the World FestivalHouston The film was sold to the BBC2 In addition Karl has worked for years as a storyboard and conceptual artist for numerous Alist directors including Ron Howard Francis Ford Coppola Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese