Paul Karp is a writer and writer's assistant for ABC's Once Upon a Time.
Biography
Paul Karp is a former student at the New York University, from which he graduated in 2008 with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication and a minor in Producing. After graduating, Karp moved to LA to pursue a career in television.[2]
From 2007 to 2008, he served as an intern at various production companies - including Fox Broadcasting Company, Technicolor and MTV Network. He was the Post Production Coordinator for the MTV reality television shows 50 Cent: The Money and the Power and Bully Beatdown. He later served as a production assistant for the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid.[3]
From 2010 to 2011, he served as a writer's assistant on the police procedural drama series Detroit 1-8-7.[3] When the pilot was inching toward a series pick-up, he was able to fill in for a friend who worked as an assistant to the showrunner, David Zabel, and the creator of the show, Jason Richman. When his friend returned, Karp was asked to stay on as a writer's assistant.[2]
He then served as a post production assistant on the supernatural teen drama The Secret Circle. In 2015, he was hired as a writer's assistant for ABC's Once Upon a Time.[3] He also wrote the teleplay for the Season Six episode "Mother's Little Helper", based on a story by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. Karp later earned another writer's credit when he wrote the script for the Season Seven episode "Chosen" with Brian Ridings.
Credits
Production Staff
Once Upon a Time: Season Six | ||||||||||
"The Savior": | "A Bitter Draught": | "The Other Shoe": | "Strange Case": | "Street Rats": | "Dark Waters": | "Heartless": | "I'll Be Your Mirror": | "Changelings": | "Wish You Were Here": | "Tougher Than the Rest": |
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"Murder Most Foul": | "Ill-Boding Patterns": | "Page 23": | "A Wondrous Place": | "Mother's Little Helper": | "Awake": | "Where Bluebirds Fly": | "The Black Fairy": | "The Song in Your Heart": | "The Final Battle Part 1": | "The Final Battle Part 2": |
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Once Upon a Time: Season Seven | ||||||||||
"Hyperion Heights": | "A Pirate's Life": | "The Garden of Forking Paths": | "Beauty": | "Greenbacks": | "Wake Up Call": | "Eloise Gardener": | "Pretty in Blue": | "One Little Tear": | "The Eighth Witch": | "Secret Garden": |
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"A Taste of the Heights": | "Knightfall": | "The Girl in the Tower": | "Sisterhood": | "Breadcrumbs": | "Chosen": | "The Guardian": | "Flower Child": | "Is This Henry Mills?": | "Homecoming": | "Leaving Storybrooke": |
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Writer
Once Upon a Time: Season Six | ||||||||||
"The Savior": | "A Bitter Draught": | "The Other Shoe": | "Strange Case": | "Street Rats": | "Dark Waters": | "Heartless": | "I'll Be Your Mirror": | "Changelings": | "Wish You Were Here": | "Tougher Than the Rest": |
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"Murder Most Foul": | "Ill-Boding Patterns": | "Page 23": | "A Wondrous Place": | "Mother's Little Helper": | "Awake": | "Where Bluebirds Fly": | "The Black Fairy": | "The Song in Your Heart": | "The Final Battle Part 1": | "The Final Battle Part 2": |
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Once Upon a Time: Season Seven | ||||||||||
"Hyperion Heights": | "A Pirate's Life": | "The Garden of Forking Paths": | "Beauty": | "Greenbacks": | "Wake Up Call": | "Eloise Gardener": | "Pretty in Blue": | "One Little Tear": | "The Eighth Witch": | "Secret Garden": |
No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit | No Credit |
"A Taste of the Heights": | "Knightfall": | "The Girl in the Tower": | "Sisterhood": | "Breadcrumbs": | "Chosen": | "The Guardian": | "Flower Child": | "Is This Henry Mills?": | "Homecoming": | "Leaving Storybrooke": |
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Writer's Assistant
Once Upon a Time: Season Five | |||||||||||
"The Dark Swan" | "The Price": | "Siege Perilous": | "The Broken Kingdom": | "Dreamcatcher": | "The Bear and the Bow": | "Nimue": | "Birth": | "The Bear King": | "Broken Heart": | "Swan Song": | |
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"Souls of the Departed": | "Labor of Love": | "Devil's Due": | "The Brothers Jones": | "Our Decay": | "Her Handsome Hero": | "Ruby Slippers": | "Sisters": | "Firebird": | "Last Rites": | "Only You": | "An Untold Story": |
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Once Upon a Time: Season Six | ||||||||||
"The Savior": | "A Bitter Draught": | "The Other Shoe": | "Strange Case": | "Street Rats": | "Dark Waters": | "Heartless": | "I'll Be Your Mirror": | "Changelings": | "Wish You Were Here": | "Tougher Than the Rest": |
Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited |
"Murder Most Foul": | "Ill-Boding Patterns": | "Page 23": | "A Wondrous Place": | "Mother's Little Helper": | "Awake": | "Where Bluebirds Fly": | "The Black Fairy": | "The Song in Your Heart": | "The Final Battle Part 1": | "The Final Battle Part 2": |
Credited | Credited | Credited | No Credit | No Credit | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited |
Once Upon a Time: Season Seven | ||||||||||
"Hyperion Heights": | "A Pirate's Life": | "The Garden of Forking Paths": | "Beauty": | "Greenbacks": | "Wake Up Call": | "Eloise Gardener": | "Pretty in Blue": | "One Little Tear": | "The Eighth Witch": | "Secret Garden": |
No Credit | No Credit | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited |
"A Taste of the Heights": | "Knightfall": | "The Girl in the Tower": | "Sisterhood": | "Breadcrumbs": | "Chosen": | "The Guardian": | "Flower Child": | "Is This Henry Mills?": | "Homecoming": | "Leaving Storybrooke": |
Credited | No Credit | No Credit | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited | Credited |
External links
- Paul Karp on Internet Movie Database
- @InterruptingDad (Paul Karp) on X, formerly Twitter