How you approach the prep work of outlining your script—whether for your first draft or your 10th—can make all the difference when you sit down to face the blinking cursor. No matter how detailed or macro, all outlines must contain the standard structural integrity and character arcs for your particular format and genre. Submit your outline (10 page max) and the executive will conduct a 30-minute notes call to give you and your story ground-level guidance. You'll discuss how to refine set up of the structure, pacing, theme, and character development for your script.
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I like to hear the writers personal connection to the material, followed by the themes, then how this character and story will explore that in a unique and entertaining way.
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.
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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