Kasi Meek Kennedy

Screenwriter


About

Kasi Meek loves to explore themes of hope by writing about ordinary people who go off on supernatural adventures in order to become something extraordinary. In 2020, she graduated from the American Film Institute Conservatory with an MFA in Screenwriting. She was the Writers’ PA for season one of TRUE LIES. Kasi lives in Burbank, CA and is a normal human being who has probably never been to space or fought monsters or gone on a quest with genies… right?


One-Hour Television Scripts


ARISE

Sci-Fi Drama. DOCTOR WHO meets FIREFLY.

A runaway teen is kidnapped by a family of bounty hunters, who are after his father, an intergalactic terrorist.

  • Quarterfinalist - WeScreenplay TV Contest - 2022
  • Quarterfinalist - CineStory Foundation, CineStory TV Retreat and Fellowship Competition - 2022

FORGETFUL

Procedural Dramedy. PSYCH meets 50 FIRST DATES.

An impulsive detective with short-term memory loss consults on current cases while trying to remember who shot her.

  • Quarterfinalist - Finish Line Script Competition - 2023
  • Double-Recommend - Stage 32 - 2022
  • Quarterfinalist - Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 4 - 2021
  • Top 100 - Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition Austin - 2021
  • Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival - 2021
  • Semifinalist – Humanitas, The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award - 2020

I DREAM OF GENE

Fantasy Drama. ALADDIN meets INDIANA JONES.

A reckless archaeologist accidentally bonds herself to a powerful genie, who must now keep her safe at the cost of his own life.

  • Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival – 2017

MAGIC AND MELODIES

Fantasy Drama. WHITE COLLAR meets THE DRESDEN FILES.

An infamous Elf art thief recruits her special agent ex-son-in-law to help her find an artifact that will bring her daughter back from the dead.

  • Quarterfinalist - The Script Lab: TSL Free Screenplay Contest - 2024

Half-Hour Television Scripts


AMERICAN FUNERAL

Mockumentary. PARKS AND RECREATION meets SIX FEET UNDER.

A corporate hotshot’s first cemetery acquisition teaches him there’s more to life than death. Inspired by true stories.


ATLAS

Family Animation. MAYA AND THE THREE meets PERCY JACKSON.

After letting the heavens fall, the Titan Atlas has to hide from Zeus’ vengeance while trying to discover what became of his children.


Feature Scripts


ONCE UPON A GHOST

Fantasy Drama. THE BROTHERS GRIMM meets GHOSTBUSTERS.

A young monster hunter must take her brother’s corpse and ghost across a monster-filled forest in order to bring him back to life before the summer solstice ends.


THE NEXT SANTA

Family Fantasy. THE SANTA CLAUSE meets MISS CONGENIALITY.

When the American Santa retires, unappreciated gift-givers from all around the world compete to take his place.

  • Blcklst: 8 - 2021

Television Spec Scripts


DOCTOR WHO (Season Ten): The Doctor Hears a Who

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Bill team up with a young Theodore Geisel to prevent an oxygen-sucking robot from destroying a Seussical planet.


THE FLASH (Season Three): The Master of Magic

Team Flash battles a greedy magician from the future. Story and characters based on Issue 128 from May 1962.

  • Second Round – WB Writers Workshop – 2017