K. E. L A N N I N G
Screenwriter and Author
I grew up in a Quaker village in rural Texas, immersed in a world of flora and fauna. A reader from an early age, I adored the idea of, well, ideas. And I had an inner drive to pursue the human truth—whatever that is—both visually and in the written word. — K.E. Lanning
“Nobody knows where ideas come from, but let us say, if you immerse yourself in something, whether it be music, painting, or writing…you are going to get ideas about it. But you have to do the immersing first. You’re not just sitting there, waiting for lightning to strike.”
“If it doesn’t concern life and death, it’s not interesting.”
“You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It’s hard. It’s tough.”
K. E. L A N N I N G
SCREENPLAYS
A SPIDER SAT BESIDE HER
Sci-fi Drama, 1-Hour Pilot for a limited series, THE MELT
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.
Selected Awards: Fade In Awards TV Pilot/Web Series 2025 - Semi-finalist, Austin Film Festival 2024 - Second Rounder, Atlanta Int. Screenplay Awards 2023 - Quarter-finalist, New York Script Awards 2023 - WINNER of Best TV Pilot Drama, Williamsburg IFF 2023 - Finalist
WHERE THE SKY MEETS THE EARTH
Drama, 1-Hour Pilot for the series, Where the Sky Meets the Earth
LOGLINE: A family, shattered by opioid addiction and financial collapse, encounters a 21st century saint... under an FBI probe as a dangerous cult leader.
Selected Awards: Fade In Awards 2024 for TV Pilot/Web Series - Semi-finalist; Richmond Int Film Festival 2024 - Semi-finalist; Finish Line Script Competition HM 2024; LA Film & Documentary Awards - WINNER 2024; Berlin Int. Screenwriting Festival 2025 - Official Selection
IN THE WILDERNESS
Short script adapted from scene in Where the Sky Meets the Earth
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.
Vail Screenplay Contest 2023 - Semi-finalist, Richmond Int. Film Festival 2024 - Top Finalist
THE LIGHT OF THE SUN
Drama Feature
LOGLINE: A man warped by the hatreds of his past is saved by the very people he's been taught to despise--until a brutal tragedy of his own making leads him into the light of forgiveness and peace.
THE CARETAKER
Sci-Fi Dark Comedy, SHORT
LOGLINE: A sociopathic humanoid caretaker does 'whatever it takes' for the health and happiness of his client.
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards 2024 - Quarter-finalist, LA Film & Documentary Awards 2024 - WINNER