Kim Krizan
Writer · Born November 1, 1961 (64) · Hawthorne, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kim Krizan is an American writer best known for her work on Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award (for Best Adapted Screenplay) and a Writers Guild Award. Krizan was featured in Richard Linklater's Slacker (1991) and Waking Life (2001). She is also known for her part in Dazed and Confused (1993) in which she plays a high school teacher who informs her students that the 1976 Bicentennial celebrates "a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic white males who didn't want to pay their taxes." In 2007, Krizan was selected as spokesperson for the screenwriting software Final Draft. Starting in 2008, Krizan branched out into writing comic books and graphic novels. She wrote the "2061" comic series that was published in Zombie Tales #1, 9, and 11 by BOOM! Studios, with all three installments collected into a stand-alone graphic novel entitled Zombie Tales 2061 in mid-2009. This led to an appearance at the 2009 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, where she along with Chip Mosher, Michael Alan Nelson, Gary Philips and Mark Waid participated in "Big! Bold! BOOM!: BOOM! Studios Talks Comics," discussion, which was moderated by Los Angeles Times writer Geoff Boucher. She contributed the story "Of and Concerning the Ancient, Mystical, and Holy Origins of That Most Down and Dirty 20th Century Rock n' Roll Club: CBGB" to issue #3 of the CBGB comic book miniseries that hit store shelves in September 2010. As of the Fall of 2010, a collection of the four issue miniseries is available as a stand-alone graphic novel. TVO Saturday Night At The Movies selected Kim Krizan for a promotional spot that is currently airing now in celebration of the show's 40th anniversary. Krizan currently resides in Los Angeles where she continues to write while also teaching writing courses in and around Los Angeles, most notably at UCLA. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kim Krizan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 1, 1961 (64)
- Hawthorne, California, USA
- Writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Kim Krizan's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kim Krizan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kim Krizan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
7 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Language is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Before Midnight(2013)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Before Sunset(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Before Sunrise(1995)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Dazed and Confused(1993)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Slacker(1990)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 1990 to 2017.
Film career
- 1993Screen debut· Dazed and Confused
How do Kim Krizan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 97th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 98th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser1
Reviewers score the dialogue 83/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 91, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kim Krizan's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kim Krizan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kim Krizan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Linklater shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Richard LinklaterShared titles: Before Midnight (2013), Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Richard Linklater
Writers
- Ethan HawkeShared titles: Before Midnight (2013), Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Ethan Hawke
- Julie DelpyShared titles: Before Midnight (2013), Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Julie Delpy
Cinematographers and editors
- Sandra AdairShared titles: Before Midnight (2013), Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Sandra Adair
- Lee DanielShared titles: Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Daniel
Producers
- John SlossShared titles: Before Midnight (2013), Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)See all 3 shared titles with John Sloss
- Anne Walker-McBayShared titles: Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Anne Walker-McBay