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| birth_name = Kim Arnette Krizan
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'''Kim Krizan''' (born November 1, 1961) is an American writer and actress best known for originating the story and characters in the "[[Before Sunrise"trilogy|''Before'' trilogy]] with her writing on ''[[Before Sunrise]]'' (1995)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/movies/before-sunrise-ethan-hawke-julie-delpy.html?searchResultPosition=6|title='Before Sunrise': The Making of an Indie Classic |date=January 22, 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdateaccess-date=2020-07-13}}</ref> and ''[[Before Sunset]]'' (2004),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvOSiSIQ4XM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/uvOSiSIQ4XM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=BEFORE SUNSET Writer Kim Krizan & The Life of Anaïs Nin|date=October 10, 2019|work=[[The Film Scene with Illeana Douglas]]|accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref> for which she was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] and a Writers Guild Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E5DC163BF935A15752C0A9639C8B63|title=This Year's Oscar Nominees |date=January 26, 2005|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-09-02}}</ref> The trilogy is based on characters she created with [[Richard Linklater]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03qDlFOSxFI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/03qDlFOSxFI| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=La historia que inspiró ANTES DEL AMANECER|date=June 27, 2020|work=[[Mirá a Quién Encontré]]|accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiokMzLWhXM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/QiokMzLWhXM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Por qué Jesse no besa a Celine en ANTES DEL ATARDECER|date=July 8, 2020|work=[[Mirá a Quién Encontré]]|accessdate=2020-07-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Krizan currently resides in Los Angeles, where she writes and teaches writing courses, most notably at [[UCLA]]. In the fall of 2021, she launched a video based writing class on Patreon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meyer|first=Joshua|date=2021-10-03|title=Before Sunrise Co-Creator And Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Is Making Her UCLA-Level Class Available Online [Exclusive]|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/622402/before-sunrise-co-creator-and-oscar-nominated-screenwriter-is-making-her-ucla-level-class-available-online-exclusive/|access-date=2021-10-03|website=SlashFilm.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Life and career==
[[File:Kim_Krizan_at_%22Double_Indemnity%22_train_station_2012.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kim Krizan at "Double Indemnity" train station 2012.]]Krizan was featured in Linklater's ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]'' (19911990) and ''[[Waking Life]]'' (2001). She isplayed knownthe forhigh herschool partteacher, Ginny Stroud, in ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'' (1993) where she plays the high school teacher, Ginny Stroud. Krizan also appeared and wrote her monologue in ''Waking Life'', which discusses language and love.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
In 2007, Krizan was selected as spokesperson for the screenwriting software [[Final Draft (software)|Final Draft]].[[File:Before Sunrise On Set.jpg|thumb|On the set during Before Sunrise. Left to Right: [[Richard Linklater]], Kim Krizan, [[Ethan Hawke]] & [[Julie Delpy]].|483x483px]]
In 2008, Krizan’s sci-fi/horror comic book, “2061,” was published in ''Zombie Tales'' #1, 9, and 11, with all three installments collected into a stand-alone graphic novella entitled ''Zombie Tales 2061''. In 2010, she also contributed the story “Of and Concerning the Ancient, Mystical, and Holy Origins of ... CBGBs” to issue #3 of the ''CBGB'' comic book miniseries.
In October 2012, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' spotlighted Krizan's self-publishing efforts on [[Kickstarter]] for her debut non-fiction book ''Original Sins: Trade Secrets of the Femme Fatale''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/54164-pw-select-october-2012-self-publishing-for--dangerous-women--.html |title=PW Select October 2012: Self-Publishing for 'Dangerous Women' |website=www.publishersweekly.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003030130/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/54164-pw-select-october-2012-self-publishing-for--dangerous-women--.html |archive-date=2012-10-03}}</ref> The Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/479980347/original-sins-trade-secrets-of-the-femme-fatale/posts/336990 | title=Update 6: Here's to You · Original Sins: Trade Secrets of the Femme Fatale }}</ref>
On September 27,In 2013, Kim Krizan published an [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-krizan/gore-vidals-secret-unpubl_b_4004916.html article] onin ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' revealing she had found a previously unpublished love letter written by [[Gore Vidal]] to the diarist [[Anaïs Nin]]. This letter contradicts Vidal's previous characterization of his relationship with Nin, showing that Vidal did have feelings for her that he later heavily disavowed in his autobiography, ''Palimpsest''. Krizan did this research in the run up to the release of the latest volume of Nin's uncensored diary, ''Mirages'', for which she wrote the foreword.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-krizan/gore-vidals-secret-unpubl_b_4004916.html|title=Gore Vidal's Secret, Unpublished Love Letter To Anaïs Nin|date=September 27, 2013|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=2013-09-20}}</ref>
In 2019 Krizan published ''Spy in the House of Anaïs Nin'', an examination of long-buried letters, papers, and original manuscripts Krizan found while doing archival work in Nin's Los Angeles home.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/spy-in-the-house-of-anais-nin-an-interview-with-kim-krizanl|title=Spy In The House Of Anaïs Nin: An Interview With Kim Krizan|date=November 1, 2019|work=[[Hobart]]|accessdate=2020-07-11}}</ref> The book was designated a best seller in feminist literary criticism on Amazon.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_PE8UBv41/ | title=Kim Krizan on Instagram: "Is it too inelegant for me to tell you that my book just jumped to #1 for Amazon's Best Selling Feminist Literary Criticism? (If so, please forgive me. I'm just a bit shocked.) #anaisnin #anaïsnin" }}</ref>▼
▲In 2019 Krizan published ''Spy in the House of Anaïs Nin'', an examination of long-buried letters, papers, and original manuscripts Krizan found while doing archival work in Nin's Los Angeles home.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/spy-in-the-house-of-anais-nin-an-interview-with-kim-krizanl|title=Spy In The House Of Anaïs Nin: An Interview With Kim Krizan|date=November 1, 2019|work=[[Hobart]]|accessdate=2020-07-11}}</ref> The book was designated a best seller in feminist literary criticism on Amazon.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_PE8UBv41/ | title=Kim Krizan on Instagram: "Is it too inelegant for me to tell you that my book just jumped to #1 for Amazon's Best Selling Feminist Literary Criticism? (If so, please forgive me. I'm just a bit shocked.) #anaisnin #anaïsnin" }}</ref>
In the fall of 2021, Krizan brought her writing class online with the debut of "The Magic Hour with Kim Krizan" hosted on Patreon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Before Sunrise Co-Creator And Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Is Making Her UCLA-Level Class Available Online [Exclusive]|url=http://www.imdb.com/news/ni63435332|access-date=2021-10-03|website=IMDb}}</ref>
In the fall of 2021, Krizan brought her writing class online with the debut of "The Magic Hour with Kim Krizan" hosted on Patreon.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
Kim Krizan was a board member of ''The Anais Nin Foundation''.
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