---
name: "Karen Koch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-koch"
fi1m_id: "karen-koch"
imdb_id: "nm0462346"
tmdb_id: 952018
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-26T02:04:19.619674+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 Koch

## Identity

Karen Koch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-koch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-koch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0462346
- **TMDB ID:** 952018
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/952018

Producer. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1984–2002
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (2), 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 83 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $42m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/952018

## Biography

Karen Koch is an American film producer and production manager. She began her career at the New Mexico Film Office after graduating with a degree in art history.

Her credits include production manager on *Paris, Texas* (1984), *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989) and *A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master* (1988); producer on *The Rapture* (1991); co-producer on *Dead Man* (1995) and *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998); and unit production manager on *Adaptation.* (2002). She is co-founder of Luminaria Films and produced *Spoken Word* (2010).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, sfreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Adaptation.* (2002), Fi1m 83, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Dead Man* (1995), Fi1m 81, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *The Rapture* (1991), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rapture.md)
- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Fi1m 83, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)
- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Fi1m 88, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Spoken Word* (2009), Producer
- *My Baby's Daddy* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Adaptation.* (2002), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Life Without Dick* (2002), Producer
- *The Love Letter* (1999), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Never Ever* (1997), Producer
- *Dead Man* (1995), Co-Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Wide Sargasso Sea* (1993), Line Producer
- *The Rapture* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rapture.md)
- *Career Opportunities* (1991), Unit Production Manager
- *Cry-Baby* (1990), Unit Production Manager
- *Animal Behavior* (1989), Associate Producer
- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Production Manager — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)
- *Doin' Time on Planet Earth* (1988), Associate Producer
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master* (1988), Associate Producer, Production Manager
- *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (1988), Line Producer
- *Down Twisted* (1987), Associate Producer
- *P.O.W. The Escape* (1986), Production Manager
- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Production Manager — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)

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