Karla Murthy

Director at DIFF 2026

Karla Murthy is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been described by the Columbia Journalism Review as “compelling, informative and compassionate.” After a career in journalism, she made her feature directorial debut with The Place That Makes Us (2021), followed by the short film Love, Jamie (2023). Her latest film, The Gas Station Attendant, premiered at Sheffield DocFest, where it received a Special Mention from the Jury, and subsequently premiered on the PBS series POV. Karla is of Filipino and South Asian descent and lives in New York.