Sheffield Doc/Fest - Interviews 2010 - Klara Grunning Harris

Klara Grunning Harris

Emmy Award winning Grunning-Harris is a freelance production, distribution, financing consultant and executive producer for film, TV and media world-wide. Has expertise in international co-production, content and editing for distribution and financing, versioning for different market and works closely to customize strategies for all aspects of production. Recently Grunning-Harris was the Vice President and International Commissioning Editor, Acquisitions, Co-production & Fiction Executive of KUDOS Family, a start up media co-production and distribution company based in Stavanger, Norway, and branch in Berkeley CA, where she buys and sells films, creates strategies for world wide distribution and outreach. She also co-produces and co-finances independent productions with the intension to guide them into a successful and profitable distribution situation. Prior, she worked as the Coordinating Producer for ITVS International (The Independent Television Service) for just over nine years, to bring international and domestic documentaries, series and dramas to US television broadcast and digital platforms. She was responsible for negotiating co-production and distribution agreements, manage the programs through completion (schedule, budget and editing), reversion and delivery to multiple US broadcasters according to required specifications including legal and technical standards.