K.C. Schulberg
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Schulberg has always found time to provide pro bono services to social justice and environmental activism causes, starting at age 16 when he served as the youngest marshal to serve the Poor People's Campaign and Tent City in Washington, DC in 1968. Since then, among his many pro bono activities, he organized a benefit for the homeless at the Roxy starring Kid Creole and the Coconuts, with poster by Keith Haring, a peace concert starring Richie Havens to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, countless marches, demonstrations, vigils and protests by Collier Freedom, a non-profit he helps run in Southwest Florida.
Today, Schulberg is the Collier County Waterkeeper, lead advocate for this member organization of the international Waterkeeper Alliance, the largest and fastest growing non-profit devoted to clean water, with 340 chapters on six continents.
Prior to becoming the Collier County Waterkeeper, he served for three years as Executive Director of Lee County Waterkeeper Alliance member, Calusa Waterkeeper (CWK), where he steered the organization to triple revenue and quadruple membership. Schulberg combined his filmmaking skills with his environmental activism at CWK, producing, writing, and directing three clean water documentaries for the organization: TROUBLED WATERS (2019). ETERNAL VIGILANCE (2020) and WATERBORNE (2021)
Schulberg is a film industry veteran who has worked on more than 200 films, movies for television or miniseries on both sides of the Atlantic. From 2000-2002, he served as Sr. VP, Head of Marketing for Paris-based Pandora Cinema, the company responsible for Oscar-winners KOLYA and LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE. During KC's tenure, he supervised the distribution of TRIXIE (starring Oscar-winner Emily Watson), THE OLD MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES (starring Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss) and MAYBE BABY (starring Hugh Laurie). From 1990-1998, KC worked for Hallmark Entertainment rising to the post of Sr. VP Intl Marketing and Communications. During KC's tenure, the company was the largest supplier of movies and miniseries to the United States television market. The company also scored the highest ratings and won more awards than any other company delivering programming to the three major television networks. KC supervised Hallmark's corporate branding and the distribution campaigns for Hallmark's slate of 60-80 television movies and miniseries per year, including GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, SCARLETT: THE SEQUEL TO GONE WITH THE WIND, LARRY MCMURTRY'S DEAD MAN WALKING and GYPSY (starring Bette Midler). Prior to his television work, KC was actively involved in American independent and international cinema, having worked as a Unit Manager, Location Manager or Production Manager on KING OF NEW YORK (directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken), WATING FOR THE MOON (starring Oscar-winner Linda Hunt), THE BIG BLUE (directed by Luc Besson) and 9 other movies. In 2017, KC produced feature film WASTECASE by Vito Angelo Trupiano, and wrote, produced and directed three documentaries: TROUBLED WATERS (2019), ETERNAL VIGILANCE (2020) and WATERBORNE (2021).
KC is a third-generation filmmaker, whose grandfather headed Paramount Studios from 1927-1935, producing hundreds of movies, including the first film to win the Oscar - WINGS (1927). His uncle, Budd Schulberg, wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-winning ON THE WATERFRONT, starring Marlon Brando. His grandmother, Ad Schulberg, founded the first female-run talent agency in Hollywood. His father directed and produced numerous film and television programs including NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY. Schulberg is President of Florida-based production company, Glade Runner, LLC. Schulberg holds a B.F.A. in Directing from Carnegie-Mellon University's school of theater. He has been guest lecturer at Columbia University, NYU and University of Miami Graduate Film Schools. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Lorenzo Walker Technical College Media Dept. and has been invited to participate in the Cinemart Producer's Panel at the Rotterdam International Film Festival for three years and was also invited to the inaugural Berlin Film Festival co-production market. Additionally, he twice served on the jury of the Avignon/New York Film Festival and is a member of the European Film Academy.
Today, Schulberg is the Collier County Waterkeeper, lead advocate for this member organization of the international Waterkeeper Alliance, the largest and fastest growing non-profit devoted to clean water, with 340 chapters on six continents.
Prior to becoming the Collier County Waterkeeper, he served for three years as Executive Director of Lee County Waterkeeper Alliance member, Calusa Waterkeeper (CWK), where he steered the organization to triple revenue and quadruple membership. Schulberg combined his filmmaking skills with his environmental activism at CWK, producing, writing, and directing three clean water documentaries for the organization: TROUBLED WATERS (2019). ETERNAL VIGILANCE (2020) and WATERBORNE (2021)
Schulberg is a film industry veteran who has worked on more than 200 films, movies for television or miniseries on both sides of the Atlantic. From 2000-2002, he served as Sr. VP, Head of Marketing for Paris-based Pandora Cinema, the company responsible for Oscar-winners KOLYA and LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE. During KC's tenure, he supervised the distribution of TRIXIE (starring Oscar-winner Emily Watson), THE OLD MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES (starring Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss) and MAYBE BABY (starring Hugh Laurie). From 1990-1998, KC worked for Hallmark Entertainment rising to the post of Sr. VP Intl Marketing and Communications. During KC's tenure, the company was the largest supplier of movies and miniseries to the United States television market. The company also scored the highest ratings and won more awards than any other company delivering programming to the three major television networks. KC supervised Hallmark's corporate branding and the distribution campaigns for Hallmark's slate of 60-80 television movies and miniseries per year, including GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, SCARLETT: THE SEQUEL TO GONE WITH THE WIND, LARRY MCMURTRY'S DEAD MAN WALKING and GYPSY (starring Bette Midler). Prior to his television work, KC was actively involved in American independent and international cinema, having worked as a Unit Manager, Location Manager or Production Manager on KING OF NEW YORK (directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken), WATING FOR THE MOON (starring Oscar-winner Linda Hunt), THE BIG BLUE (directed by Luc Besson) and 9 other movies. In 2017, KC produced feature film WASTECASE by Vito Angelo Trupiano, and wrote, produced and directed three documentaries: TROUBLED WATERS (2019), ETERNAL VIGILANCE (2020) and WATERBORNE (2021).
KC is a third-generation filmmaker, whose grandfather headed Paramount Studios from 1927-1935, producing hundreds of movies, including the first film to win the Oscar - WINGS (1927). His uncle, Budd Schulberg, wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-winning ON THE WATERFRONT, starring Marlon Brando. His grandmother, Ad Schulberg, founded the first female-run talent agency in Hollywood. His father directed and produced numerous film and television programs including NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY. Schulberg is President of Florida-based production company, Glade Runner, LLC. Schulberg holds a B.F.A. in Directing from Carnegie-Mellon University's school of theater. He has been guest lecturer at Columbia University, NYU and University of Miami Graduate Film Schools. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Lorenzo Walker Technical College Media Dept. and has been invited to participate in the Cinemart Producer's Panel at the Rotterdam International Film Festival for three years and was also invited to the inaugural Berlin Film Festival co-production market. Additionally, he twice served on the jury of the Avignon/New York Film Festival and is a member of the European Film Academy.
