Karl Shefelman

Personal Info

Known For Art

Gender Male

Place of Birth Austin, Texas, USA

Karl Shefelman

Biography

Karl's debut feature film, LOOKING FOR THE JACKALOPE, won the Jury Award for Best Comedy Feature and the Audience Award for Best U.S. Feature at the 2017 Austin Revolution Film Festival. Distributed by Indie Rights Movies, it is now available on Amazon Prime and other online platforms. Karl's short film, MAN ON THE TOWER, won a Remy Award for Best Short Film at the 2021 Worldfest Houston Film Festival. It tells the story of some young kids witnessing the 1966 U.T. tower sniper shooting from their back yard in Austin, Texas. Karl's film, BILL’S SEAT, won Best Short Film at the St. Louis Int'l Film Festival, 2003. His half-hour period drama, ELYSIAN FIELDS, also won numerous festival awards, including a Gold Prize at the World Festival/Houston. The film was sold to the BBC-2. In addition, Karl has worked for years as a storyboard and conceptual artist for numerous A-list directors including Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, and Martin Scorsese.

Known For

Art

2024
Megalopolis

as Conceptual Illustrator

2023
Reptile

as Storyboard Artist

2022
Thirteen Lives

as Storyboard Artist

2019
21 Bridges

as Storyboard Artist

2017
Rebel in the Rye

as Storyboard Artist

2015
Terminator Genisys

as Storyboard Artist

2014
Non-Stop

as Storyboard Artist

2012
Premium Rush

as Storyboard Artist

2006
Freedomland

as Storyboard Artist

2003
Daredevil

as Storyboard Artist

1998
Return to Paradise

as Storyboard Designer

Editor

Producer

2016
Looking for the Jackalope

as Executive Producer

Director