Kim Krizan

Kim Krizan
Krizan in 2014
BornKim Arnette Krizan
(1961-11-01) November 1, 1961 (age 62)
Hawthorne, California
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Actress
Spouse(s)
Chip Mosher
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(m. 1999)​

Kim Krizan (born November 1, 1961) is an American writer and actress best known for originating the story and characters in the Before trilogy with her writing on Before Sunrise (1995)[1] and Before Sunset (2004),[2] for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Writers Guild Award.[3] The trilogy is based on characters she created with Richard Linklater.[4][5] Krizan currently resides in Los Angeles, where she writes and teaches writing courses, most notably at UCLA. In the fall of 2021, she launched a video based writing class on Patreon.[6]

  1. ^ "'Before Sunrise': The Making of an Indie Classic". The New York Times. January 22, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. ^ "BEFORE SUNSET Writer Kim Krizan & The Life of Anaïs Nin". The Film Scene with Illeana Douglas. October 10, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. ^ "This Year's Oscar Nominees". The New York Times. January 26, 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  4. ^ "La historia que inspiró ANTES DEL AMANECER". Mirá a Quién Encontré. June 27, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  5. ^ "Por qué Jesse no besa a Celine en ANTES DEL ATARDECER". Mirá a Quién Encontré. July 8, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  6. ^ Meyer, Joshua (2021-10-03). "Before Sunrise Co-Creator And Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Is Making Her UCLA-Level Class Available Online [Exclusive]". SlashFilm.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.