Kim Krizan

Kim Krizan (born November 1, 1961) is an American writer and actress best known for originating the story and characters in the Before trilogy with her writing on Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004), the latter of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Writers Guild of America Award in the same category. The trilogy is based on characters she created with Richard Linklater. Krizan lives in Los Angeles, where she writes and teaches writing courses, most notably at UCLA. In 2021, she launched a video-based writing class on Patreon.