Ken Kristensen

Writer/Producer, Apple, Netflix, Disney+, Peacock
Formats Interested In
TV
Features
Manuscripts
Shorts
Podcasts
Particularly Interested In

Serialized crime series -- e.g. JUSTIFIED, BARRY, etc.
Book or comic book adaptations -- e.g. THE PUNISHER, SHANTARAM, etc.
Action adventure with franchise potential -- e.g. JOHN WICK, JAMES BOND, etc.
Irreverent satire -- e.g. SILICON VALLEY, ARCHER, etc.
Family entertainment -- e.g. SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, etc.

Feature Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
Horror
Budget Range
All Budget Ranges
TV Formats
Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)
Half-Hour Pilots (multi-cam)
One-Hour Pilots
Miniseries
Limited Series
TV Movies
TV Homes
Network
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
Horror
Book Genres
Action
Adventure
Apocalyptic
Autobiographies
Biographies
Book Series
Buddy
Comedy
Comic Books
Coming-of-Age
Crime
Detective
Drama
Dystopian
Erotica
Essays
Family-Friendly
Fantasy
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Graphic Novels
High-Concept
Historical
Historical Fiction
Holiday
Horror
Inspirational
Kids/Children
Literary Fiction
Magic
Memoirs
Middle-Grade Fiction
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Paranormal
Period Piece
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Revenge
Road Trip
Romance
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
Socially Relevant
Sports
Supernatural
Suspense
Thriller
True Crime
True Stories
Women's Fiction
Young Adult (YA) / Teen
Sub-Genres
Animation (adult)
Animation (family-friendly)
Anthology
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Buddy
Coming-of-Age
Crime/True Crime
Dark Comedy
Documentary Adaptation
Dystopian
Episodic TV
Family-Friendly
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Ghosts
Graphic Novel Adaptation
Hallmark
High-Concept
Historical
Holiday
Inspirational
Irreverent
Kids/Children
Lifetime
Mockumentary
Musical
Mystery
Period Piece
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Reality/Unscripted TV
Revenge
Road Trip
Romance
Satire
Serialized TV
Socially Relevant
Space
Spiritual
Spoof
Sports
Superhero
Supernatural
Suspense
True Story
War
Webseries
Western
Workplace
Young Adult (YA)
More about Ken Kristensen

Ken Kristensen is a Los Angeles-based writer/producer. Recent TV credits include serving as Co-EP on the JOHN WICK spinoff show THE CONTINENTAL for Peacock (premieres Sept 2023), Marvel Studios' ECHO (premieres Nov 2023), and SHANTARAM for Apple TV+ (premiered Oct 2022).

Other staffing includes the gritty Netflix crime series THE PUNISHER (S1, S2), SyFy's action-comedy series HAPPY (S1, S2), Hulu's GHOST RIDER, BOLTS (Disney+), and an animated SPIDERMAN (S1) series for Disney XD.

In 2018 Ken developed the DARK WINDS pilots at HBO, which eventually became an acclaimed show on AMC+.

In 2021 he developed a pilot at UCP, creating an original one-hour drama set in the New York publishing world -- based partly on his own experience as a journalist and comic book writer.

In 2023 he developed a crime series with Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason, The Americans) attached to star.

Other pilot development deals include FX, A&E, Paramount Network, ITV America, and Pivot and working with producers George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford, Howard Gordon, Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Shadow Machine, Grant Morrison and Stan Lee.

Early in his TV career he produced non-fiction series for Langley Productions (COPS, JAIL, INSIDE AMERICAN JAIL, LAS VEGAS JAILHOUSE, ROAD WARRIORS).

A lifelong comic book junkie, Ken writes for major comic publishers, including Batman and the Outsiders for DC Comics, Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth for Image Comics, Fairy Godbrothers for Adaptive Books, Indestructible for IDW Publishing, and Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist for Dark Horse Comics.

Ken received an MFA in film from Columbia University. He is the recipient of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an alum of the Sundance Lab.

Ken is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Animation Guild, and several airline frequent flyer programs.

KEN KRISTENSEN
WGA profile: https://directories.wga.org/member/kenkristensen/

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