# Karen Gaviola

Karen Gaviola is an American television producer and director. She was the winner of the 2007 NAACP Image Award for directing "The Whole Truth" episode of the ABC hit series Lost. Gaviola was also nominated for the 2013 WIN (Women's Image Network) Award for best directing of the "Georgia on My Mind" episode of the Shonda Rhimes series Private Practice.

## Life and career

Karen is a second-generation Filipina American. She is a graduate of Immaculate Heart High School (Los Angeles) and Harvard College.
Gaviola has directed over 140 TV episodes, including the shows Lucifer, Shadow and Bone, Empire, Sons of Anarchy, The Blacklist, Hawaii Five-0, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Grimm, Criminal Minds and Chicago Fire.
More recently, she has worked as a co-executive producer/director on a number of projects including Lucifer, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I. and Love Is for Oprah Winfrey. Her latest project is Paper Girls, the new Amazon series based on the graphic novels by Brian K. Vaughan.
Gaviola was elected in June 2013 to the National Board of the Directors Guild of America. She is currently serving her fifth term. She is active with the DGA TV Creative Rights Committee, the Women's Steering Committee, the Asian American Committee, and the Diversity Task Force. In 2022, Gaviola was named as co-chair of the 2023 DGA/AMPTP Negotiations Committee. Karen is also a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and Film Independent.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1999–2001 | NYPD Blue | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Providence | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Strong Medicine | 1 episode |
| 2003–2009 | CSI: Miami | 16 episodes |
| 2004 | Cold Case | 2 episode |
| 2005 | The Inside | 1 episode |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Medical Investigation | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Close to Home | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Alias | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Justice | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Bones | 1 episode |
| 2006–2007 | Lost | 2 episodes |
| 2006–2008 | Prison Break | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | The Unit | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Lincoln Heights | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Law & Order | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Cane | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Journeyman | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Brothers & Sisters | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Without a Trace | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Ghost Whisperer | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Dark Blue | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Castle | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Miami Medical | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Private Practice | 1 episode |
| 2010 | The Forgotten | 1 episode |
| 2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Chase | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | The Whole Truth | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Private Practice | 1 episode |
| 2011 | The Cape | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Off the Map | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Alphas | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Unforgettable | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds | 1 episode |
| 2011 | NCIS: Los Angeles | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Terra Nova | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Private Practice | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | 1 episodes |
| 2012 | Criminal Minds | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Nikita | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Grimm | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Sons Of Anarchy | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Criminal Minds | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Chicago Fire | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Chicago PD | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | CSI | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Golden Boy | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Grimm | 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Blacklist | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Legends | 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Lottery | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Criminal Minds | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Gotham | 1 episode |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 1 episode |
| 2015 | NCIS: Los Angeles | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Grimm | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Supergirl | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Hell on Wheels | 1 episodes |
| 2016 | Blindspot | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | NCIS: Los Angeles | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Grimm | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Lucifer | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Animal Kingdom | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Lucifer | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | The Gifted | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Empire | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Colony | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Love Is | 1 episode |
| 2018-2019 | Magnum P.I. | 2 episodes |
| 2019-2020 | Hawaii Five-0 | 6 episodes |
| 2019-2020 | Soundtrack | 2 episodes |
| 2019-2020 | Lucifer | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Debris | Episode: "In Universe" |
| 2021 | Station 19 | Episode #54: "Here It Comes Again" |
| 2021 | Paper Girls | 2 Episodes |
| 2022 | The Walking Dead | Episode: "Variant" |
| 2023 | Shadow and Bone | 2 Episodes |
| 2024 | Parish | Episode: "A Good Man" |
| 2024 | The Boys | Episode: "Life Among the Septics" |