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 and Mark Waters. After graduating, Ken won the , 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, 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 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 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 off 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 , 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.
Filmography
Television
In addition to being a writer on The Punisher and Happy!, Ken served as Producer on four seasons of Jail, two seasons of Inside American Jail, and the TV special Road Warriors. He has also produced pilots for FX, A&E, Discovery Channel, Spike TV, and Pivot TV.
