---
name: "Karen Gilchrist"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-gilchrist"
fi1m_id: "karen-gilchrist"
imdb_id: "nm2004404"
tmdb_id: 1291656
wikidata_id: "Q24688933"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T01:57:06.816971+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."
---

# Karen Gilchrist

## Identity

Karen Gilchrist

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-gilchrist
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-gilchrist
- **IMDb ID:** nm2004404
- **TMDB ID:** 1291656
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24688933
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24688933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2004404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291656

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Karen M. Johnson, Karen Johnson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 64 (4), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 61 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Action 2, Family 2, Science Fiction 2, Action & Adventure 1, Animation 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,598m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24688933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2004404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291656

## Coming up

- *Oswald* (2027-02-17), Executive Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Lion King*](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md) (52)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Karen Gilchrist is a film and television producer, also credited early in her career as Karen M. Johnson or Karen Johnson. She began working in production as an office production assistant on *The Fast and the Furious* (2001) and later served as assistant to producer Scott Stuber on films including *The Break-Up* (2006) and *The Kingdom* (2007).

Gilchrist has collaborated extensively with director Jon Favreau, starting as his assistant on *Iron Man* (2008). She advanced to associate producer on *Iron Man 2* (2010), co-producer on *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), executive producer on *Chef* (2014) and *The Jungle Book* (2016), and producer on *The Lion King* (2019). She has also served as co-executive producer on the Star Wars series *The Mandalorian* (2019) and related projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, m.the-numbers.com, 365starwars.com, starwars.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Mandalorian and Grogu* (2026), Fi1m 58, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mandalorian-and-grogu.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Fi1m 52, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), Fi1m 76, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *The Jungle Book* (2016), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book-2016.md)
- *Iron Man 2* (2010), Fi1m 56, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-2.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Oswald* (2027), series, Executive Producer
- *The Mandalorian and Grogu* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mandalorian-and-grogu.md)
- *Star Wars: Skeleton Crew* (2024), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Ahsoka* (2023), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies* (2022), Thanks
- *The Book of Boba Fett* (2021), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Alien Xmas* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian* (2020), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), series, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *The Chef Show* (2019), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Jungle Book* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book-2016.md)
- *Chef* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Iron Man 2* (2010), Associate Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-2.md)

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