Ken Janssens

I'm a writer/director/producer/editor who has worked for Global Television, Bluewater Productions, Pro Se Productions, Red-Handed Studios, Prometheus Comics, Pulp Empire, Airship 27, 99.1 Cool FM, and Naylor, LLC.

 

Currently, I'm working with Strata Studios on four different projects for television and other media.

 

My first young adults' novel, “The Sister Arcana”, was released by Pro Se Productions in the spring of 2014. I have had over a dozen pulp stories published in anthologies by Pro SeProductions, Airship 27, and Pulp Empire. As a comic book writer, I have had two mini-series published by Bluewater Productions (“Sherlock Holmes: Victorian Knights”and “Robin the Hood”) and have an impending 120-page, noir graphic novel to be published in early 2015.

 

I advanced to the top ten percent of the 2013 Austin Film Festival screenwriting competition for a one-hour television pilot script. Also, I was nominated as “Best Prose Fiction Writer” and for “Best Short Story” at the 2011 PulpArk Awards. I've been a creative force on hundreds of projects, varying in nature from fiction to marketing, including the 2005 and 2006 Business Excellence Awards videos.

 

I graduated at the top of my class with honours from the Academy of Broadcasting, where I was appointed CABC3 Creative Coordinator. I've completed the Winnipeg Film Group’s Basic Filmmaker’s Course and have a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Calculus and a minor in English and Film Studies from the University of Manitoba.

 

 

NICE THINGS SAID ABOUT ME OR MY WORK:

 

Client, Rob Glennie Consulting representing Crown Acura:

“Excellent Script!’ Best one the stations have done so far.”

 

Deb Krywenko - Creative Director/Creative Services, Global Television:

“Ken has very strong writing skills, a good intellect, and very strong coordinating skills… I can also add that he is a quick study, has a keen wit, gets along well with other team members, and can come up with and turn around a creative idea quickly.”

 

Novelist Michael Van Rooy (Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal) about "The Sisters Arcana":

"Ken Janssens’ writing is extremely strong with a fascinating premise, an engaging cast of characters and relentless pacing."

 

Denis Blouin - Director/Producer, Global Television:

“I was very impressed with his ability and discipline as a writer… I was very happy to have discovered a talented and versatile writer.”