Karly Noetzel makes films that explore the intersections between environmentalism, history, feminism, and anthropology. She is motivated by her values acquired growing up on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Her work has been screened at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Karly is actively pursuing her MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking from Montana State University’s School of Film and Photography. She graduated from Denison University with a double major in Cinema and Global Commerce in 2022.

While participating in her MFA program, Karly crewed on her classmates’ films performing roles of cinematography, sound recording, and editing. She is currently an intern for NASA working as a Science Video Producer for the James Webb Space Telescope social media channels.