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Karl T. Hirsch is an editor, director, producer, and screenwriter from Phoenix, Arizona.
His award-winning debut feature, Green (1997), starring Dana Millican and Hyrum Patterson, was shown at over 30 international film festivals, including The Victoria Film Festival in British Columbia, Canada, and The Austin Film Festival in Texas. It was distributed in North America and Austraila by Tribe/First Rites, in conjunction with Hollywood Video (USA) and Rogers Video (Canada). It was later released on DVD by Maverick Home Entertainment. He directed David Faustino, Corin Nemec and Robert Stack in the comedy Killer Bud (2001), released by Trimark/Lionsgate. Karl also directed and edited the award-winning mockumentary Media Whore (2002), a send-up of vapid "veejays," starring Ali MacLean, Coolio, Chris Hardwick, and John Doe; a pair of unscripted first-person short films Remedy (2009) and I Saw a Movie (2009); and the horror-thriller Clown (2005), starring Mike McColl and shot by Eric Steelberg, which earned The Method Fest's Excellence in Filmmaking Award, and was named one of Film Threat Magazine's Top 10 Short Films of the Year.
From 1999 to 2003, he worked for Los Angeles-based production and distribution company The Asylum as an acquisition executive, trailer editor, and post-production consultant on films such as Detour (2003) and Scarecrow (2002). On the Stuart Gordon film King of the Ants (2003), he served as 1st assistant editor and post-production supervisor. Since 2003, Karl has worked primarily as a picture editor, trailer editor, promo editor, and post-production supervisor, contributing to numerous independent films including _Officer Down (2005) (TV Movie)_, King of the Ants (2003), For the Love of Money (2012), Club Soda (2006), 88 (2015), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), Smother (2008), The Good Night (2007), The TV Set (2006), Soundman (1998), Killer Movie (2008), Chillicothe (1999), The Air I Breathe (2007), Stolen Seas (2012), Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011), A Princess for Christmas (2011), Reconciliation: Mandela's Miracle (2010), 2ND Take (2011), Blood of Redemption (2013), and Dead Before Dawn 3D (2012). He has produced and directed English dubs of foreign language projects such as Space Dogs (2010), Goat Story - Old Prague Legends (2008), and Wolfhound (2006). The long-form historical documentary series Hitler and the Nazis (2011), which Karl produced and edited for Vantage Media, was released by Gaiam/Viendi and Newsmax.
He has also produced and edited corporate video content for clients such as The Recording Academy / The Grammys, Octagon Music & Entertainment, United Talent Agency, Universal Music Entertainment, Yahoo!, DirecTV, MasterCard, Siegel + Gale, Xfinity On Demand, Fangoria, and Helio/Virgin Mobile. He won a Telly Award in 2008, and two Telly Awards in 2010, all for Non-Broadcast Corporate Imaging.
