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Amie Karp is an American film and television producer who serves as President of The Montecito Picture Company1 and Head of Development for Ghost Corps, the production entity overseeing the Ghostbusters franchise at Sony Pictures.2 She is best known within the Ghostbusters world for her work as executive producer on Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).3
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Karp attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, graduating in 2006.4 Her time at one of the premier film production programs in the United States laid the groundwork for her entry into studio-based production.
After completing her studies at USC, Karp joined The Montecito Picture Company, the production banner founded in 1998 by director Ivan Reitman and studio executive Tom Pollock.1 She began in a development and coordination role and rose over the years to become the company's President.
The Montecito Picture Company is headquartered on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California, in the building also identified as Ghost Corps. The company's filmography spans comedy, family, and genre entertainment, with early titles including Road Trip (2000) and Old School (2003), followed by prestige productions such as Disturbia (2007), Up in the Air (2009), and Hitchcock (2012).1
Karp's producing credits outside the Ghostbusters franchise include:
Karp has also held an executive producer credit on the television project Odd Jobs.3
In her capacity as Head of Development for Ghost Corps, Karp oversees development initiatives for the Ghostbusters franchise under the Ghost Corps-Sony Pictures partnership.
Karp served as executive producer on Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Jason Reitman. The film was produced through Ghost Corps, Bron Creative, and Columbia Pictures, with Ivan Reitman as producer.7 The production shot in Alberta, Canada, in mid-2019 under the working title "Rust City," and was released on November 19, 2021, after multiple pandemic-related postponements.7 The film was dedicated to Harold Ramis and to executive producer Tom Pollock, who died on August 1, 2020, shortly before its completion.78
Karp continued as executive producer on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, directed by Gil Kenan and produced through Ghost Corps and Columbia Pictures.9 The film was released on March 22, 2024, and marked the first Ghostbusters theatrical film produced without Ivan Reitman, who had died on February 12, 2022.10
Some content on this page was researched using the Ghostbusters Wiki on Fandom.
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