Director and Producer of “Screamers,” the award-winning documentary feature film released in theaters around the US and Canada in 2007, and worldwide on DVD by Sony Music in 2008. This critically acclaimed film, described as “brilliant” (Larry King, CNN), “eye-opening” (LA Times), “extraordinary (Maxim) and “articulate and invigorating” (New York Times) has now been translated into 12 languages and shown in film festivals, universities, schools, churches, synagogues and cultural institutes around the world. The DVD, with special educational tracks, is being used by history teachers in secondary schools to teach about the Armenian genocide and genocide prevention. “Screamers” has also been specially screened by the U.S. Congress, British Parliament, European Parliament and the United Nations (UNHCR).

Born in Los Angeles, Carla earned her undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science before working as a producer, director and foreign correspondent based here in the UK. She has worked both for Channel 4 and the BBC. With the headline “Documenting Truth in Dangerous Places” (Los Angeles Times, February 16 2003), she made her name as a documentary director, focusing on human rights issues -- with films for Channel 4 Dispatches about Afghanistan (Lifting the Veil), Chechnya (Dying for the President), North Korea (Children of the Secret State) and Iran (Iran Undercover). She has ventured into dangerous nuclear power plants in Eastern Europe for the BBC (Europe’s Nuclear Nightmare) and into the mercenary world in Africa (My Friend the Mercenary). She is the only American to present the news for BBC World. Her awards include the Edward R. Murrow award (as part of the PBS Frontline World series) and the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award.

Carla has also been a London correspondent for NBC Sunrise, NBC Nightly News and CNBC financial news. She narrated the Armenian genocide film, "Voices from the Lake" by filmmaker, J. Michael Hagopian, co-wrote his award-winning film "Germany and the Secret Genocide" and narrated his most recent film about the Armenian Genocide, “The River Ran Red.” Carla is the Executive Director of the Pomegranate Foundation (www.pomegranatefoundation.org) which is dedicated to supporting genocide education in the arts and academia. She is also a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

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