After experiencing three babies all grown up, and a job of substitute teaching K-12 spiral into budget cuts, Kelly Karam began writing. Fueled by fifty years of life participation, both positive and negative, this award-winning screenwriter now pens authentic, passionate characters who live in worlds where the rules, like life, are never fair, but always worth the journey.
  • Writer (24 Credits)
    A Chippy Off The Old Block
    BONEHEADS
    Brewmaster
    Short Script
    Caroline
    Screenplay
    Caroline Buxton's Lipstick Posse
    Screenplay
    Caroline's Lipstick Posse
    Screenplay
    Classroom Thief
    Short Script
    Field of Weeds
    Screenplay
    Finding My Olivia
    Screenplay
    Happy Life
    Short Script
    Kid
    KIDICIDE
    Screenplay
    Lipstick Posse
    Screenplay
    Miss C
    Screenplay
    My Kid Soldier
    Screenplay
    Never Loving David
    Short Script
    OLÉ: RISING ABOVE MITH
    Screenplay
    Paco's Secret
    Short Script
    Rainbow Binky
    Short Script
    Room 13
    Short Script
    STAY OUT OF MY ROOM
    Short Script
    Straight Man
    The End
    Short Script
    The Lipstick Posse
Best Screenplay
Field of Weeds
Mammoth Lakes International
Mammoth Lakes, California
2023
Finalist (TBA Winner )
Field of Weeds
Catalina Film Festival
Catalina
2022
Finalist
My Kid Soldier
Page International Film Festival
Los Angeles
2021
SemiFinalist
Happy Life
Page International Screenwrting Contest
Los Angeles, California
2021
Silver
Straight Man
Page International Screenplay Contest
California
2020
Best Screenplay
My Kid Soldier
Catalina Film Festival
Catalina, California
2019
Semi-Finalist
BONEHEADS
Fade In Awards Comedy
2018
Semifinalist
Straight Man
Get It Made Short-Form Screenplay Contest
Los Angeles
2018
Award Winner
A Chippy Off The Old Block
13Horror
13Horror.com
2018
Finalist
A Chippy Off The Old Block

MountainFilm Festival
2018
Award Winner
A Chippy Off The Old Block
Mountain Film Festival
2018
Best Short Screenplay
Never Loving David
California Women's Film Festival (Winter)
2018
Finalist
Straight Man
DaVinci Film Festival
Los Angeles
2017
Best Short Screenplay
Kid
Festigious International Film Festival
Los Angeles
2017
Best Comedy Short
A Chippy Off The Old Block
LA Film Awards
LA
2017
Best Script
Rainbow Binky
Christian Film Festival
2017
Best Romance
Never Loving David
Los Angeles Film Award
Los Angeles
2017
Finalist
Never Loving David
HollyShorts
Hollywood, California
2017
Second Rounder (Top 20%)
Brewmaster
Austin Film Festival
Austin
2017
Best Script
Brewmaster
Cosmic Film Festival
Orlando Florida
2017
Semifinalist
KIDICIDE
Table Read My Screenplay
Park City
2017
Best Feature - Horror
KIDICIDE
Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival
Miami, Florida
2017
Best Horror and Original Concept
KIDICIDE
Best Horror and Original Concept Depth Of Field International Film Festival, 2017
2017
Best Short Screenplay
Brewmaster
NYC Indie Film Awards
New York
2016
Best short Screenplay
Brewmaster
Feedback Female Film Festival
Los Angeles
2016
Winner for Best Short Horror Script
Brewmaster
Los Angeles Film Awards
Los Angeles
2016
FINALIST
KIDICIDE
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
2016
Daze Pick Best Feature Screenplay
KIDICIDE
Winner at Dazed 4 Horror
2016
Best Thriller Script
KIDICIDE
Winner Los Angeles Film & Script Festival
Los Angeles
2016
Best Feature Screenplay
KIDICIDE
Winner Best Feature Screenplay Genre Celebration Festival
2016
Winner for Best Feature
KIDICIDE
Winner at CineFest
Los Angeles
2016
Best Thriller Feature Screenplay
KIDICIDE
Winner at Haunted Horror Film Festival
2016
Winner for Best Screenplay
KIDICIDE
Winner at Chicago Horror Film Festival
Chicago
2016
(TBA) Best Screenplay
OLÉ: RISING ABOVE MITH
Glendale International Film Festival
Glendale, California
2016
Finalist
OLÉ: RISING ABOVE MITH
Colorado Screenplay Competition
Colorado
2016
Best Screenplay
OLÉ: RISING ABOVE MITH
Mindfield Film Festival
Los Angeles
2016
Bronze Remi Award
Finding My Olivia
WorldFest Houston Film and Screenplay Festival
Houston, Texas
2016
Winner River Scribble Award
The End
Silent River Screenplay Competition
Irvine, California
2016
Best Short Screenplay
The End
Hollywood International Moving Pictures
Hollywood, California
2016
Finalist
Miss C
Atlas Awards
Boston
2016
Best Screenplay
Miss C
California Womens Film Festival
Los Angeles
2016
Finalist for Best Screenplay
Miss C
Catalina Film Festival
California
2016
Finalist for Best Screenplay
Miss C
Nevada Film Festival
Las Vegas, Nevada
2015
Best Screenplay of the Year
Miss C
Peachtree Village International Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia
2015
Best Micro-Budget Script
Straight Man
The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards, 2017.
Finalist 2017
The Lipstick Posse
New York Screenplay Contest
New York
Semifinalist 2017
The Lipstick Posse
Napa Film Festival
Napa Valley
Best Short
Brewmaster
Les Femmes Underground Film Festival
San Diego
$100.00
Brewmaster
Maine Film Initiative
Maine
Best Script
OLÉ: RISING ABOVE MITH
CineFest
Finalist
Finding My Olivia
WeScreenplay Screenplay Contest
Best Short Screenplay
The End
Hollywood Comedy Shorts
Hollywood, California
Finalist
Miss C
California Film Awards
Birth City
Detroit
Current City
Naples
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
Arab-American
Children
three
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