Greenpoint Pictures, a production company with bases of operation in Brooklyn and L.A., has added Karen Berkowitz as its first head of production. 

Berkowitz has been in advertising for more than a decade. After starting her career at JWT, Berkowitz worked at the motion graphics studio Leroy + Clarkson, and then Park Pictures. She continued working in production management for a few years before most recently working as the NY bidding producer at Smuggler. 

Greenpoint Pictures’ directorial roster includes Ghost + Cow, Nina Meredith, The Hudson Dusters, E.J. Mcleavey-Fisher, Renee Mao, The Roos Brothers, TJ Misny, Micah Perta, Jesse Heath, and Lauren Sick. Recently, Mao’s short film Panthera premiered on Dazed and was a Vimeo Staff Pick, and Mcleavey-Fisher’s short documentary The Guy was a Vimeo Staff Pick, took home the Audience Award at Independent Film Festival Boston, and awarded Best Short Documentary winner at the SOMA Film Festival. The film also was an official selection at the Montclair Film Festival, the Nantucket Film Festival, L.A. Shorts International Film Festival, and the Rhode Island International Film Festival.