Kris Shuman

Kris Shuman is a screenwriter working in feature and television, writing character-driven dramas, thrillers, and adventure stories. His work centers on flawed protagonists and underdogs-people who believe they're unworthy, searching for meaning rather than happiness as their lives begin to fracture. Shaped by lived experience, Kris is drawn to stories where redemption that isn't clean or guaranteed. His characters don't escape pain; they learn how to live with it. Through high-stakes narratives and propulsive tension, his writing explores belief, moral reckoning, and the quiet cost of choosing to stay when running would be easier. His work has placed with Austin Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Script Pipeline, and PAGE International. A Black List reader described his writing as having "an existential grittiness... that could satisfy the same demographics so enthralled by Nic Pizzolatto's work."