Karel is a Licentiate of Germanic Philology and a former international screen content buyer who blogs, lectures and consults on screenwriting and story structure. Among his clients are writers, producers, and screen agencies.
Karel headed Programming and Acquisitions at the Digital Broadcasting Co in London, hosted a weekly film show on MTV Europe and negotiated acquisitions for films he programmed for Europe’s largest pay-TV group, Canal+.
Karel is recognised as an authority on story structure and the Hero’s Journey in the tradition of Joseph Campbell.
He started his career in Europe during the early nineties, producing prime-time radio and presenting movie shows on TV, often reaching an audience of millions.
Karel was based out of Brussels, Amsterdam and London. After moving to Sydney in 2001, he produced and co-produced short films, documentaries and feature films.
Karel designed a unique approach to market-driven story development, and consults to producers and screenwriters.
He hosts or facilitates the following courses and resources:
- The Story Department
- Logline It
- Immersion Screenwriting
- Immersion on Facebook
- Screenplay Marketing
- The Screenwriters Meetup
Some of Karel Segers’ clients and associations, past and present:
- The Australian Film Festival
- The NSW Writers Centre
- The ACT Writers Centre
- Metro Screen, Sydney
- The Sydney Film Industry Meetup Group
- The Screenwriters Meetup
- International Film College (IFC)
- The Australian Writers Guild (AWG)
- The South Australian Film Corporation
- Digital Content Networks, Sydney
- Apple Computers
- Charles Sturt University (CSU)
- The SAE Institute of Amman, Jordan
- KHLim, Campus C-Mine, Genk – Belgium
- Inscription, Australia
- Book Expo Australia
- Odin’s Eye Entertainment
- The New Zealand Film Commission
- The Academy of Film, Theatre and Television (AFTT)
- National Commission for Arts and Culture, Philippines
- ABS-CBN Star Cinema, Manila, Philippines
- De La Salle University, Bacolod, Philippines
- San Carlos University, Cebu, Philippines
- International Film School Sydney (IFSS)
- Sydney Institute (TAFE)
- Storyutbildningen, Gotland Sweden
- The Story Department, Sweden
- Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Belgium
- The Gold Coast Film Festival
- Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE)
- The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA)
- NAFA – Networking Action for Filmmakers & Actors
- Women in Film And Television (WIFT)
- The Society of Women Writers of NSW
- The Royal Film Commission, Jordan
- Deloitte Australia
- International Screen Academy (ISA)
- Celtx, Canada
- Screen Canberra, Australia
- Actors Anonymous Film Festival, Sydney
- New York Film Academy (NYFA)
- JMC Academy
- Roadmap Writers (US)
- SuperFat Studios (Mumbai, India)
- NIDA – National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia
- The University of Canberra