Karen Ansel

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Karen Ansel
Karen Ansel in The Reels
Background information
Born	Australia
Genres	Rock, new wave
Occupation(s)	Musician, keyboardist, singer, graphic artist
Years active	1980–present

Karen Ansel is a visual effects specialist in the United States.^[1]

Previously an Australian musician, she was an influential member of the Australian band The Reels. In 2001, the title track "Quasimodo's Dream" from their album Quasimodo's Dream was voted one of the Top 10 Australian Songs of all time by APRA.

Ansel worked in visual effects at Industrial Light & Magic in the United States. She supervised the Academy Award-winning effects in Vincent Ward’s film What Dreams May Come, as well as Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Flubber, and artist Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle. Her film credits range from The Mask (1993) to Angels & Demons (2009), in addition to other major Hollywood film titles.^[1]

In 2010, Ansel became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Visual Effects Branch).

Other film credits include still photography for Mystify: Michael Hutchence, directed by Richard Lowenstein (2019).