Ken Kristensen
| Ken Kristensen | |
|---|---|
 Kristensen at the 2014 Amazing Arizona Comic Con | |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Producer |
Notable works |
Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth Jail |
| Awards |
2008, Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2008, Ezra Litwak Award for Distinction in Screenwriting, Columbia University 2005, Columbia University Best Teleplay Award |
Ken Kristensen is an award-winning writer and author of Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth for Image Comics. He is also known for producing TV and film works, including the reality show Jail. His work and life have been written about in publications as varied as The New Yorker,[1] The Hollywood Reporter,[2] and National Geographic Adventure.[3]
Career
Ken Kristensen received an MFA in 2008 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 2014 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 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.[4]
Bibliography
- Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth (2013-...)
- Indestructible (2013-...)
- The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist (Fall 2014)
Other Works
Television
In the world of television, 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 produced pilots for A&E, Discovery Channel, and Spike TV.
- 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)