Ken Kristensen
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| Ken Kristensen | |
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 Kristensen at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences | |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Producer |
Notable works | Shantaram (Apple TV+/Paramount) The Continental: From the World of John Wick (Peacock/Lionsgate) Echo (Disney+/Marvel) Spidey and His Amazing Friends (Disney Jr./Marvel) The Punisher (Netflix) Happy! (SyFy) Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth (Image Comics) |
Ken Kristensen is an American screenwriter, television writer, and comic book author. Kristensen has served as writer-producer on multiple series including
Career
Ken Kristensen received an MFA from
After graduating, Ken won the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, and was a finalist for the Disney Feature Fellowship. He was hired by
Ken co-created the critical and commercial hit
In 2014 Ken was hired to write Indestructible, a monthly super-hero comic book series created by Jeff Kline (Transformers Prime) and published by IDW/Darby Pop Publishing.[1]
In 2015 Kristensen co-wrote and produced the short film Ronnie BoDean with director Steve Judd, starring Wes Studi.
Marvel's The Punisher—a Netflix TV series created by Steve Lightfoot, starring Jon Bernthal, based on the comic book, began production in 2016 with Kristensen on board as a writer. The show debuted in 2017 to critical and commercial acclaim. Kristensen wrote on season two, which debuted in January 2019.
Kristensen wrote Fairy Godbrothers, a hard cover graphic novel illustrated by M.K. Perker and published by Adaptive Books, August 2017.
In 2018 Scout Comics published Kristensen's comic book series Oblivion, a post-apocalyptic comic book series, with art by Francesco Gaston.
In 2017 Kristensen joined the writing staff of
In 2020 Kristensen was writer and Supervising Producer on the Apple TV+ series Shantaram, which premiered in October 2022. He served as Co-Executive Producer on season two, but the show was cancelled before that season was produced.
Kristensen joined the Marvel Studios/Disney+ series Echo in 2021 as writer and Co-Executive Producer. That series is slated for release in 2023.
In 2021/2022 Kristensen served as Co-Executive Producer and writer for the Peacock/Lionsgate John Wick spinoff entitled The Continental: From the World of John Wick, slated for release in 2023.
Bibliography
- Oblivion (Scout Comics, 2018–2019)
- Fairy Godbrothers (Adaptive Books, August 2017)
- The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist (Dark Horse Comics, Spring 2018)
- Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth #1–8 (Image Comics, January–December 2013)
- Indestructible #5–8 (IDW, April–September 2014)
Filmography
Television
In addition to being a writer-producer on
- Echo (Season One, Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4, 2024)
- Shantaram (Season One, Episodes 5 and 12, 2022)
- The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023)
- Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021 TV series)
- Episodes 3and 9, 2019)
- Happy! (Season One, Episode 6, 2018; Season Two, Episode 4, 2019)
- Futurestates (2012)
- 3.06 - The Sixth World
- Jail (2011)
- Inside American Jail(2007)
Film
- "Ronnie BoDean" (2015)
- "The Factory" (2014)
- The Raft (2014)
- Road Warriors (2011)
- Lunar Landing (2008)
- Deadline (2008)
- Dead Man's Morphine (2006)
- Still Center (2005)
- Sorry, Haters (2005)
- The Disappearance of Andy Waxman (2004)
Writer
- Lunar Landing (2008)
- La Muerte Es Pequena (2005)
Director
- Lunar Landing (2008)
- No Apologies: 'Sorry, Haters' Roundtable (2006)
Notes/References
External links
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