''Creating Karma'' is a 2006 American

screwball comedy Screwball comedy is a subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1940s, that satirizes the traditional love story. It has secondary characteristi ...

film directed by Jill Wisoff about an uptight, New York fashion editor who becomes a poet after losing her job, moving in with her eccentric new-age therapist sister, and meeting Mr. Wrong, owner of a local poets' café. Independently produced, the film kicked off its film festival run at the 2006 Coney Island Film Festival, garnered a Best Feature Comedy win in Los Angeles at the 2008

Broad Humor Film Festival The Broad Humor Film Festival is a film festival that takes place every year in Los Angeles, California. It focuses exclusively on comedic films written and directed by women. Begun in 2005, it is held yearly in the summer months and brings togethe ...

, screened in New Orleans at the 2008 TOMI film festival and in Notting Hill, London as an official selection of the 2008

Portobello Film Festival The Portobello Film Festival is an independent international film festival based in London, which annually premiers over 700 new films, including feature films, features, short films, shorts, documentaries, music films, and animation. Additionall ...

. It had its U.S. theatrical premiere on October 16, 2009 in Los Angeles. The original screenplay was co-written by Jill Wisoff and Carol Lee Sirugo, co-produced by David Wright, and stars

Karen Lynn Gorney Karen Lynn Gorney (born ) is an American actress who had roles in television shows and films including the soap opera ''All My Children'' and the movie ''Saturday Night Fever''. Early life Gorney's father is Jay Gorney, who was born in Białyst ...

, Carol Lee Sirugo, Jill Wisoff,

Joe Grifasi Joseph G. Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Grifasi was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia (née Gaglione) and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bi ...

, Rahad Coulter-Stevenson, Roland Sands, Jeremy Ebenstein, Jennifer Lee Mitchell and Riana Hershenfeld; with musical score by Joel Diamond, cinematography by Carter Bissell, production design by Kathleen Muldoon and costumes by Nina Simich.

Cast

*Carol Lee Sirugo *Jill Wisoff *

*Rahad Coulter-Stevenson *Roland Sands *Jeremy Ebenstein *Jennifer Lee Mitchell *Riana Hershenfeld

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* 2006 films American screwball comedy films 2000s screwball comedy films 2006 comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub