Karen Morrison
Beauty & Fashion Film Director, MODTV Founder
Karen Morrison is a fashion & beauty film director, producer, journalist, and the Founder of MODTV. A former Allure Contributing Editor, she creates award-winning backstage films and brand campaigns and is known for her vérité-style storytelling and intimate backstage films that capture the artistry shaping modern fashion, beauty and style.
Karen has created groundbreaking series and interviewed some of the most influential figures in fashion, including John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford, Gisele Bündchen, Marc Jacobs, Donatella Versace, Miuccia Prada, Michael Kors, Anna Sui, and Dolce & Gabbana. She has created behind-the-scenes brand films for global campaigns with Tom Ford Beauty, Maybelline New York, and L’Oréal Paris. She has collaborated with Dame Pat McGrath since 2000, producing the Pat McGrath Labs Brand Essentials film and capturing her work backstage at Maison Margiela, Prada, Valentino, and Louis Vuitton.
Karen Morrison created and directed the award-winning Allure Backstage series with Linda Wells and produced the digital series The Look Of for Condé Nast. The Allure Backstage series was honored with Webby Awards in 2012 and 2014 for Online Film & Video.
She launched her career in fashion media as the founding Series Producer of Fashion File, the acclaimed fashion television program narrated by Tim Blanks and broadcast worldwide. She later pioneered digital storytelling with the Allure and MODTV podcasts, praised by Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Highsnobiety for their influence in shaping beauty and fashion video online.
More recently, she served as Consulting Producer on the Emmy Award–nominated
Karen Morrison continues to direct and produce films through MODTV, documenting the artistry of beauty and fashion through backstage stories, brand campaigns, and original documentaries.