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
Pilot — Southern Crime / Drama / Period · In Development
Lords of Franklin County
When the law robs the poor, an outlaw gives it back.
In Depression-era Franklin County, a war-scarred drifter returns home to find his land stolen, his town controlled, and its people crushed under the thumb of a corrupt judge and ruthless sheriff. With nothing left to lose, he assembles a ragtag crew—a preacher…
Peaky Blinders meets Justified
The Slate
Short Film — Southern Gothic / Drama
Family Tradition
Family ain’t what you inherit—it’s what you survive.
The Hateful Eight meets August: Osage County
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
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.
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