Karuna Karmarkar is a Los Angeles-based Set Decorator for feature films, television, streaming, and commercials. She is best known for her work as Set Decorator for Damien Chazelle’s acclaimed Academy Award winning drama WHIPLASH.
Her most recent project, LADY IN THE LAKE, a 1960s true crime series for Apple TV starring Natalie Portman, won an SDSA Award for Best Limited Series.
As Set Decorator, she established the permanent sets for the DISNEY+ MARVEL series MS. MARVEL, and MAYANS MC, the SONS OF ANARCHY spinoff.
She studied at two of UCLA’s leading art programs: the School of Design Media Arts and the School of Film & TV, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA’s Film program. Karuna is also a photographer.
She is a member of the Set Decorator Society of America (SDSA) and IATSE Local 44.
Karuna Karmarkar's Project Showcase
Photos by Karuna Karmarkar
Q&A with Karuna Karmarkar
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What are three things you can’t live without?
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Love, autonomy, water.
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Best gift you’ve ever received?
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A book that everyone should read?
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“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” by Caitlin Doughty
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Dream project to take on?
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What is your spirit animal and why?
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Cat – sometimes warm, sometimes bitey. Prone to hide in plain sight.
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What is one Instagram account you can’t live without?
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@dear_white_staffers because I’m a political junkie
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What do you like to do in your free time/ outside of work?
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Biggest pet peeve?
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People who love to talk but can’t converse.
