---
name: "Karen Nielsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-nielsen"
fi1m_id: "karen-nielsen"
imdb_id: "nm1449030"
tmdb_id: 1569343
wikidata_id: "Q50637083"
roles: ["Script coordinator"]
born: "13 November 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:43:09.653124+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 Nielsen

## Identity

Karen Nielsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-nielsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-nielsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1449030
- **TMDB ID:** 1569343
- **Wikidata ID:** Q50637083
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50637083, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1449030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1569343

Script coordinator. Born 13 November 1976 in Surrey.

## Details

- **Work:** Script coordinator
- **Born:** 13 November 1976, Surrey
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2020s 85 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50637083, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1449030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1569343

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Karen Nielsen is a Canadian writer, director and script coordinator. She wrote the episode 'Nothing Lasts Forever' for the 2018 revival of *The X-Files*, after working as script coordinator on the series' revival seasons from 2015 to 2018.

In 2016 Nielsen was selected as one of seven writers for the Canadian Film Centre's Bell Media Prime Time TV Writer's Program. She has served as script coordinator on series including *The Last of Us* (2023) and *Schmigadoon!* (2021), and has directed short films such as *Grace* (2015) and *A Pickle* (2008).

*Sources: imdb.com, denofgeek.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Script Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Script Coordinator, Clearances Coordinator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Schmigadoon!* (2021), series, Clearances Coordinator, Script Coordinator
- *Grace* (2015), Writer, Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/karen-nielsen