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Kara Durrett

Kara Durrett

Producer · Born August 17, 1987 (39)

Sundance award winner · Independent Spirit Award nominee

Kara Durrett is the President and Head of Film & TV for Pinky Promise. Past accolades include Variety's 2024 New Leaders, Sundance Film Festivals Producers Fiction Award, Janet Pierson SXSW Producing Award, a nominee for the Independent Spirit Piaget Award, and a Sundance Producing Lab Fellow. Kara's recent films include Producing Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut Eleanor The Great set to release Fall 2025 with Sony Classic and TriStar, and David Craig and Brian Crano's I Don't Understand You, set to release June 2025. As an Executive Producer she's worked on Gia Coppala's The Last Showgirl, which received 2 golden globe nominations, as well as Andrea Arnold's Bird which premiered at Cannes 2024 and has earned a BAFTA nomination. Past films include Caddo Lake, produced alongside M Night Shyamalan released by MAX, The Starling Girl, If You Were The Last, Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul, Topside, Save Yourselves!, Ayar and many others. She currently resides in LA/NY.

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Born
August 17, 1987 (39)
Works as
Producer
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Kara Durrett's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Self
23%
Society
16%
Survival
12%
Power
7%
Morality
6%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 9 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
5
Hopeful
6
Bittersweet
5
Other
11

How their films linger

Bittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous5
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kara Durrett's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Kara Durrett's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.

  • Wishful Thinking(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • YO Love Is a Rebellious Bird(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Shepherd and the Bear(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Eleanor the Great(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Last Showgirl(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Caddo Lake(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Bird(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Graduates(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • I Don't Understand You(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • If You Were the Last(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Starling Girl(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Art for Everybody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Topside(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Ayar(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Save Yourselves!(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Laying Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • Lockdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer

  • Caroline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Krista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Bitch Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Writer

  • Krystal(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Child Eater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Root (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Peaches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • The Heidi Fleiss Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Zygote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles, 22 of them dated from 2012 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Last Showgirl (2024)

$6.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Bird (2024)

Midcredits 84th

Most popular right now

The Last Showgirl (2024)

Film career

  • 2016Screen debut· Child Eater

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 26: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 26: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 26: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing23 of 26: 23 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score65th

By decade

2010s7 · 2 acting · 5 crew2020s15 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2021–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Sundance award, won
  2. 2021
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Kara Durrett's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 16; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 16 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Ayar (2021)

95th percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Bird (2024)

Midcredits 84th · 71% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Kara Durrett's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles13–62 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles11–51 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles41–73 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles15–74 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles18–62 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Kara Durrett work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kara Durrett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jessamine Burgum shares the most, 11.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers