Creating Karma is Karen Lynn Gorney's comic film debut. In casting the role of the shopaholic Chanel Fontaine, we were looking for a talented mature actress with some heavy weight credits and some amazing women auditioned. Prior to meeting Karen, my memory of her was as the young Brooklynite wannabesomebody dancer who had the daunting task of holding her own opposite John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever...I remember thinking how amazing it was they cast someone who seemed to be the real thing. "She couldn't be an actress," I thought. I'd seen her more recently on television talking about the BeeGees...she seemed too New York and hip to play the eccentric British Chanel. Well, was I ever wrong. Karen showed up and auditioned and she was so pleasant in her reading we decided she just wouldn't be right to play the diva Chanel. She called me up the next day and said, "Give me another chance, I can do this part." Having looked over her resume and realizing she was a graduate of the prestigious Carnegie Mellon acting program with an extensive background in classical theater I thought why not, maybe she can do it and said, "Sure come on down, I'll dress you and have someone do your makeup." I gave her the direction I wanted to see her take the character. She came in and nailed the part. (Jill Wisoff)

Principal photography for Creating Karma was done in Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 28 days utilizing 22 locations.  Below, well-known rocker Moogy Klingman takes on the acting role of Sid Rosenblatt whose wife is about to discover his infidelity with the birth of Karma.  This was our first day shooting and we took on the daunting task of starting in Prospect Park with this scene where we recreate the Woodstock era.

It was an honor for cast and crew to work with the great film actor Joe Grifasi (above) and Broadway veteran David Schecter (above right).

Creating Karma was shot over the summer on an extremely low budget, the enthusiasm of college film/theater student interns on summer break and a gifted young crew, many stepping into their first feature credits in their chosen craft.

Because of our budget, many of us assumed and learned a number of jobs on the set and behind the scenes, practically the entire crew filled in as extras and some even stepped into parts, and somehow, karmically driven, we completed on schedule.

Besides the nifty songs from the director, Jill Wisoff and composer, Joel Diamond in the film, other cast members and friends from the New York band scene contributed songs and acting.  The scene below filmed in Williamsburg at Fix writer’s cafe includes performances by Scheebo from the Stilettos, Donna Nasr from The She Wolves and The Cycle Sluts from Hell, Johnny Black, Jimi Black from the Black Angels and Cheetah Chrome’s band, and local Greenwich Village musician Lee Ottley.