Karen Gaviola is an American television producer and director. She is the winner of the 2007 NAACP Image Award for directing "The Whole Truth" episode of the ABC hit series Lost. She was also nominated for the 2013 WIN (Women's Image Network) Award for best directing of the "Georgia on My Mind" episode of the Shonda Rhimes series Private Practice. Ms.Gaviola has directed over 125 TV episodes, including the shows Lucifer, Empire, Sons of Anarchy, The Blacklist, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Grimm, Criminal Minds and Chicago Fire.
More recently, she has made her mark as a co-executive producer/director. Her producing credits include Lucifer, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I. and Love Is for Oprah Winfrey.
Ms. Gaviola was elected in June 2013 to the National Board of the Directors Guild of America. She is currently serving her fourth term. She is active with the DGA TV Creative Rights Committee, the Women's Steering Committee, the Asian American Committee, the Negotiations Committee and the Diversity Task Force. Karen is also a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and Film Independent.
Karen is a second-generation Filipino American. She is a graduate of Immaculate Heart High School, Los Angeles and Harvard College.
She is the director on CBS reboot series Magnum P.I..