Kristina Van Kirk Hoffman

Screenwriter

Indian Wells, California

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About Kristina

Born and raised in Northern California, Kristina Van Kirk has a passion for the environment, education, comparative religions, politics, writing, art and design, which is apparent in her screenplays. Her first screenplay, Still Looking, was co-written in 1989 with a photo journalist, Stephen Mezaros (1952-2022) who covered the conflicts in El Salvador in 1984 and mistakenly returned in 1989. As an undergrad at UCLA, Van Kirk wrote for the Daily Bruin, booked bands and comedians for Kerckhoff Coffee House and started a student art gallery on campus. From 1983-1997, she curated and directed contemporary art galleries in Los Angeles. She has been on the board of the Palm Springs Writers Guild since 2020 and is currently the President. She enjoys staying active with fellow screenwriters through critique groups..

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The Box Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy After the death of his mother, dutiful Catalina Ferry pilot, Henry Cole, can finally pursue romance and his dream job in San Francisco until her ghost appears and royally screws up his plans.
Stay Where You Are and Nobody Gets Hurt Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy Thomas the Grey alien purposes to his planet’s leaders that they destroy Earth before humans succeed in colonizing other planets, but he is instructed instead to travel to Earth to warn Earth’s leaders in person, rather than exterminate the aliens’ streaming source of entertainment.
Persephone Musical ⋄ Family Log Line: In ancient Greece, Persephone, goddess of wheat, longs for creative freedom but her mother forbids it, so she accepts Hades’ invitation to landscape the Underworld unwittingly putting mortal lives in peril.

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Changing Habits (1997)
Film by Lynn Roth, Director Art Consultant An artist (Moira Kelly) decides to put her troubles with men and evictions behind her by moving to a convent, so she can work for her keep. Is her art an opportunity for the sisters to save the convent from closure?