K.E. LANNING — SCREENPLAYS

 A SPIDER SAT BESIDE HER — Sci-fi Drama, 1-Hour Pilot for a limited series THE MELT

Selected 2023 Awards: Winner Best TV Pilot Drama (New York Script Awards), Second Rounder (Austin Film Festival), Finalist (Williamsburg IFF)

LOGLINE: After a catastrophic melt of the icecaps, global flooding triggers a new world order, and a terrorist attack on the space station ensnares young scientist Lowry Walker in a deadly web of political corruption.


WHERE THE SKY MEETS THE EARTH — Drama, 1-Hour Pilot for a limited series

A Semi-finalist in the 28th Annual Fade In Awards 2024 for TV Pilot/Web Series, Semi-finalist in the Richmond International Film Festival 2024, Honorable Mention in the Finish Line Script Competition 2024

LOGLINE: A family, shattered by opioid addiction and financial collapse, encounters a 21st century saint... or a dangerous cult leader?


IN THE WILDERNESS — Short script adapted from a scene in Where the Sky Meets the Earth

Semi-finalist Vail Screenplay Contest 2023, Top Finalist in the Richmond International Film Festival 2024

LOGLINE: A family broken by addiction and financial collapse searches for a cherished son lost in a wilderness of nature...or a wilderness of men.


THE CARETAKER — Dark Comedy set in the near future — SHORT

Quarter-finalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards 2024

LOGLINE: A sociopathic humanoid caretaker does 'whatever it takes' for the health and happiness of his client.