Ken Kristensen
Ken Kristensen is a screenwriter, TV writer, and comic book author. The Writers Guild of America profile https://writers.wga.org/kenkristensen shows Kristensen has served as writer-producer on multiple series including "Shantaram" (Apple TV+/Paramount), "The Continental" (Starz/Lionsgate TV), "Echo" (Disney+/Marvel), "The Punisher" (Netflix/Marvel) and "Happy!" (SyFy), and authored comic book series published by Image Comics, IDW Publishing, and Dark Horse Comics. His television pilots have been developed at UCP, HBO, FX, A&E, Paramount Network, and Pivot TV. Kristensen is also a member of the Writers Guild of America West, Producers Guild of America, The Animation Guild, and the  Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Career. Ken Kristensen received an MFA from Columbia University Film School. While still in film school he was selected to both the Sundance and IFP labs, and worked as an associate producer under Gary Winick ("Charlotte's Web") and Mark Waters ("Mean Girls"). After graduating, Ken won the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, and was a finalist for the Disney Feature Fellowship. He was hired by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon to write for "The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist" (a graphic novel spinoff of Chabon's "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"), and is  slated for a fall 2015 release by Dark Horse Comics. Ken co-created the critical and commercial hit "Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth" — an Image Comics ("The Walking Dead") series with his longtime creative partner, Eisner-nominated comic book artist M.K. Perker. In 2016, FX purchased the series and commissioned Kristensen to write the pilot. Several other Image Comics series are currently in development. 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. 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 "Happy!"—a SyFy TV series, starring Christopher Meloni, based on the comic book published by Image Comics, and created by Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor, produced by Original Film and Universal Cable Productions. Season one premiered December 2017 to critical and commercial acclaim and was quickly granted a season two by the network. Kristensen was also on board as writer on season two, which debuted March 2019. In 2020 Kristensen was writer and Supervising Producer on the Apple TV+ series Shantaram, slated for release in 2022. Kristensen joined the  Marvel Studios/Disney+ series "Echo" in 2021 as writer and Co-Executive Producer. In 2021/2022 Kristensen served as Co-Executive Producer and writer for the Starz/Lionsgate John Wick spinoff entitled "The Continental," slated for release in 2023. Filmography. Television. In addition to being a writer-producer on Shantaram (Apple TV+/Paramount), The Continental (John Wick spinoff from Starz/Lionsgate), Echo (Disney+/Marvel), The Punisher (Netflix/Marvel) and Happy! (SyFy), Ken served as Producer on four seasons of "Jail" (Spike), two seasons of "Inside American Jail" (TruTV), and the TV special "Road Warriors" (Spike). He has also written and produced pilots for  HBO, FX, A&E, Discovery Channel, Paramount Network, and Pivot TV.