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Kim Krizan (born November 1, 1961) is an American writer and actress best known for originating the story and characters in the "Before Sunrise" trilogy with her writing on "Before Sunrise" (1995) and "Before Sunset" (2004), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Writers Guild Award. The trilogy is based on characters she created with Richard Linklater. Krizan currently resides in Los Angeles, where she writes and teaches writing courses, most notably at UCLA.