Kenny Kistner
Writer & Director
San Luis Obispo, CA
Writer & Director
San Luis Obispo, CA
About
Kenny Kistner is a writer and director focused on character-driven horror and high-concept thrillers. His screenplays have received recognition from Slamdance, HollyShorts, FilmQuest, and the ISA Fast Track Fellowship. He is currently developing his next horror project, Hear Me.
Electa (Short Film)
Status: Script Complete
Logline: A young woman wakes inside a surveillance-filled cabin and must survive a brutal ten-minute hunt against a masked predator for a chance at $1 million.
Recognition:
2026 HollyShorts Screenplay Contest — Quarterfinalist
2026 FilmQuest — Quarterfinalist
Electa (Feature Film)
Status: Script Complete
Logline: Buried in debt and desperate to care for her grandmother, a young woman is recruited into a deadly game where she must survive three brutal ten-minute hunts against a masked predator for a chance at $1 million.
Recognition:
2026 Slamdance Screenplay Competition — Quarterfinalist
2026 ISA Fast Track Fellowship — Second Round Selection
Still Warm (Short Film)
Status: Script Complete
Logline: While awaiting clearance in an isolated industrial district, two paramedics trapped in an ambulance with a dead patient begin receiving violent dispatch reports just as the body starts showing signs of life.
Recognition:
2026 13Horror.Com Film & Screenplay Contest — Honorable Mention
2026 Honey Writes Short Screenplay Competition — Quarterfinalist
2026 HorrorHaus Film Festival — Official Selection / Top 20
Hear Me (Short Film)
Status: In Development
Logline: Elara returns to her late Nana’s cabin searching for direction, but after her boyfriend disturbs a stone-covered grave in the woods, a buried evil begins calling to them.