--- name: "Kary Antholis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kary-antholis" fi1m_id: "kary-antholis" imdb_id: "nm0030794" tmdb_id: 1062945 wikidata_id: "Q6373828" roles: ["Producer"] born: "1 January 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "producer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T21:53:12.928097+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." --- # Kary Antholis ## Identity Kary Antholis - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kary-antholis - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kary-antholis - **IMDb ID:** nm0030794 - **TMDB ID:** 1062945 - **Wikidata ID:** Q6373828 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kary_Antholis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1062945 Producer. Born 1 January 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 1 January 1962, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - **Active:** 2022–present - **Also known as:** Антолис, Кари - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 writing, 2 producing - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kary_Antholis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1062945 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Smoke*](https://film.one/tv/smoke.md) (68) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kary Antholis is an American television executive, producer and documentary filmmaker. Born in 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1984, earned a master's degree in history from Stanford University and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 1989. He began his career as a documentary filmmaker, winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for *One Survivor Remembers* (1995). Antholis spent over 25 years at HBO, rising to President of Miniseries and Cinemax Programming, where he oversaw numerous award-winning projects. In 2019 he founded Crime Story Media, LLC. Antholis has served as executive producer on the limited series *Black Bird* (2022) and *We Own This City* (2022), and as executive producer and writer on the series *Smoke* (2025). He also hosted the podcast series *Firebug*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Wrote (1) - *Smoke* (2025), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/smoke.md) ### Produced (2) — the average rests on these - *Black Bird* (2022), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-bird.md) - *We Own This City* (2022), Fi1m 75, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/we-own-this-city.md) ## Complete filmography (9) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Smoke* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/smoke.md) - *Black Bird* (2022), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-bird.md) - *We Own This City* (2022), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/we-own-this-city.md) - *Elvis Presley: The Searcher* (2018), series, Producer - *Tsunami: The Aftermath* (2006), series, Executive Producer - *The Cape* (1996), series, Executive Producer, Creator - *The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America* (1995), Producer - *One Survivor Remembers* (1995), Director, Producer - *Voices That Care* (1991), Business Affairs Coordinator ## Gallery - ![Kary Antholis](https://film.one/media/person/43514/gallery-17946dc6801d.jpg) Kary Antholis — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Kary_Antholis%2C_May_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011](https://film.one/media/person/43514/gallery-5ad77e82e0c1.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011](https://film.one/media/person/43514/gallery-05db418b42bf.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011](https://film.one/media/person/43514/gallery-8e1b03f45214.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%283%29.jpg/1280px-Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011](https://film.one/media/person/43514/gallery-9f5ff8598902.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Kary Antholis and Raúl Garza, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%284%29.jpg/1280px-Kary_Antholis_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_%284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 1996: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (won), for *One Survivor Remembers* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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