People Don’t Change. They Reveal.
Kris Shuman Screenwriter
Character-driven Southern stories for film and television — features, limited series, and shorts, in active development and production.
Recognized By
An existential grittiness… that could satisfy the same audience drawn to Nic Pizzolatto’s work.
— The Black List
Featured Project
Short Film — Southern Gothic / Drama · Post-Production
Family Tradition
Family ain’t what you inherit—it’s what you survive.
On a storm-soaked night in a dying Southern town, three estranged siblings reunite at a diner after their father’s funeral, hoping to put the past behind them. Instead, old wounds split open as buried truths about their family begin to surface—rumors of murder…
The Hateful Eight meets August: Osage County
The Slate
Animated Short — Magical / Drama
The Last Stop
He thought he was ready to die—until life gave him one more reason to stay.
Soul meets The Sixth Sense
Animated Short — Sci-Fi / Adventure / Comedy
Sunsets In Memphis
A lone gunslinger in space is forced to trust the one man too useless to survive—until he saves everything.
Guardians of the Galaxy meets Firefly
Feature — Southern Drama
Wilder
She lied her way into his story—now it’s the only thing that can save her life.
Erin Brockovich meets Crazy Heart
Feature — Western / Adventure
Who Stole the Head of Bobbi DuPree
A severed head holds the map to a fortune—now every killer in the territory wants it.
No Country for Old Men meets The Hateful Eight
Pilot — Southern Gothic / Crime / Drama
What’s Buried Beneath the Pines
Some families pass down land. His passed down bodies.
Ozark meets Succession
Pilot — Southern Crime / Drama / Period
Lords of Franklin County
When the law robs the poor, an outlaw gives it back.
Peaky Blinders meets Justified
I write about people at the breaking point.
The ones trying to outrun who they’ve been—
and learning the hard way that you don’t get to.
— Kris
If something here fits what you’re building—
let’s talk.
Or email Kris
Representation
Amanda Robles
Middle Rock Management