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name: "Jay Karas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-karas"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:29:09.493583+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jay Karas

Director. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Jaime Eliezer Karas
- **Works often with:** Ken Whittingham, Matt Sohn, Randall Einhorn

## Biography

Jay Karas, also credited as Jaime Eliezer Karas, is an American film and television director. He graduated from the University of Southern California and began his career in live television and stand-up comedy specials before directing episodic series.

Karas has directed episodes of *Parks and Recreation* (2009), *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, *Awkward.*, *Abbott Elementary* (2021) and *Ghosts* (2021). He served as executive producer and director across multiple seasons of *Acapulco* (2021). His feature films include *Break Point* (2014) and *The Main Event* (2020).

He received a nomination for an Online Film & Television Association award for directing an episode of *Parks and Recreation* and was part of the team awarded a Peabody Award for *Abbott Elementary*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, jaykaras.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Abbott Elementary* (2021), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/abbott-elementary.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), Director

## Also known for

- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Director
- *Siren* (2018), Director
- *Love, Victor* (2020), Director
- *Ghosts* (2021), Director
- *Awkward.* (2011), Director
- *Acapulco* (2021), Director
- *Turner & Hooch* (2021), Director
- *The Main Event* (2020), Director

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