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It feels familiar. It’s entirely new. You’re not sure what to expect because it feels rather simple. You can’t help feel a bit more relaxed than you did before you entered this page. Could it be the soothing shade of salmon she chose? It doesn’t matter, all that matters is that you’re here, right where she wants you to be. You’re about to scroll to her featured work. A sample of teleplays and screenplays. Enjoy.
FEATURED WORK
MAD MAXINE
GUYS WE F****D
(half-hour): A cocky shopgirl and a people pleasing bartender realize they are platonic soulmates while working at a New Jersey strip mall. Together, they tackle female adulthood while acting as therapists to local men and to each other.
Based on the podcast of the same name co-hosted by comic geniuses, Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson.
(half-hour): Maxine is a womanchild and a self-proclaimed alcoholic who tries to turn her life around to no avail after the demise of her marriage. The only person who stands by her side and refuses to take her crap is her best friend, Devon, a functioning alcoholic.
WAYWARD GIRLS
FOUR PLAY
In the summer of 1996, 15-year-old KB Marinetti’s dad surprises the family when he announces that they’re moving to a fancier neighborhood on the right side of the highway. Realizing that she will no longer live next door to her inseparable best friends, KB decides that she has to make their final summer together epic.
(feature): Two very different divorced women, both in need of a friend, find each other on the sidelines of their daughters’ soccer practice. Their friendship is complicated by two secrets: they’re both sleeping with each other’s ex-husband. At an age when dating is hard and making friends is even harder they must decide which one they want more.
COMING SOON:
DADDY’S GIRLS
(half-hour): Two very different sisters become estranged but must work together to fix up an abandoned house in memory of their father.
A Brief History of Kristin Belka Maier
Kristin Belka Maier is a television and feature writer living in Los Angeles. Her work is female-focused and character-driven with a belief that coming-of-age can happen at any age. Her series inspired by the successful podcast Guys We F*cked sold to FOX alongside Lionsgate TV and The Tannenbaum Company. Wayward Girls, her semi-autobiographical feature about growing up in the middle of the ‘90s and trying to stay sane while your parents’ marriage falls apart is set to begin production next year. Nancy Kanter is producing under her Available Light banner and Kimberly McCullough is attached to direct.
Kristin’s work has been recognized by UCLA and The Sundance Institute. Previously, Kristin was staffed on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and as the only woman in room full of men, she learned the quickest way to be seen and heard when you stand out, is to put a box of tampons in the single stall bathroom you’re forced to share with the entire staff. She gained infinite knowledge working with veteran sitcom writer Michael J. Weithorn while he developed for 20th Century Fox, ABC Studios, FX, and Comedy Central.
Kristin has an underdog spirit and an insatiable hopeless romanticism, like her hero, Bruce Springsteen.
