Ken Droz

Operator at Kenneth Droz Consulting
Screenwriter and Story Analyst

Southfield, Michigan

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About Ken

Ken Droz is a long time screenwriter after a previous career as publicist for major
studios and filmmakers. Ken’s most recent feature script, Topless, was purchased and is
in development at L.A.’s Symply Entertainment (Khalil Jibran’s The Prophet). For
Topless, Ken was named a Fellow in the 2015 Sundance Institute Detroit Screenwriting
Intensive, and for other scripts was named Top Ten Screenwriting Finalist in the PAGE
and Writers Digest Awards. Ken has served as humor columnist for Detroit’s Northwest
Gazette and Michigan Chronicle newspapers, and his freelance writing has appeared in
Daily Variety, The Detroit News, USA Today, Creative Screenwriting Magazine, The
Oakland Press and . Prior to working in film, Ken was a pro sports publicist,
working with Detroit's famed Kronk Boxing Team of Emanuel Steward and world
champion Thomas Hearns, and in the North American Soccer League and Continental
Basketball Association.

Ken served as Communications Manager for the Michigan Film Office
from 2008-2010 when the state’s aggressive film incentives were first introduced. From 2000 to 2008 Ken focused on screenwriting in Los Angeles while also operating his own PR firm, servicing as publicist for the Writers Guild Foundation along with other clients such as Paramount Pictures, Farmers Almanac Television, and several authors and independent filmmakers.

A graduate of Michigan State University (B.A., Telecommunications), Ken studied under screenwriter/professor Jim Cash (“Top Gun,” “Dick Tracy”) before receiving tutelage from legendary Hollywood writing mentor Danny Simon (whose protégés include Woody Allen and his brother Neil) with whom he was collaborating on a book of his teachings before his untimely passing in 2005.

Unique traits: Perceptivity.

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"Topless" Budget: $5M - $10M | Biography The jaw-dropping true story of a rebellious hellion fighting the shadow of his austere Holocaust survivor father, who enters the world of topless entertainment, and while surviving such chaos as marauding biker gangs, murder attempts, 1st Amendment court fights, and even the birth of the lap dance, he transforms the industry.
"REPTILE DYSFUNCTION" Budget: $100K - $1M | Animation In an all-reptilian world, nightclub owner Harry Skink learns to navigate under the oppressive thumb of mob boss King Komodo and his alligator goons, while also dealing with the club’s glitzy defective clientele, and maybe most challenging, Harry’s own damaged family. The majority earth toned creatures dominate society here while the more brightly colored reptiles are less respected, relegated to the bar’s rear section. Labeled, “COLORED ONLY.” Along with the pilot script, a full series bible is also available for review, with a pathway to a multiple season arc.
"JOE SCHMO FOR PRESIDENT" Budget: $10M - $30M | Comedy A blue collar Detroit teamster wins America's top rated reality TV show, and becomes so idolized, he's recruited to run for President of the United States. With the hit show's network behind him, mass media combines with backroom politics as America doesn't mind how the leading presidential contender is also the least qualified candidate.
"TRICKS" Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama In the glitzy backdrop of Beverly Hills, a high-priced escort leads a double life as a math tutor in inner-city L.A. Her carefully constructed world starts crumbling when her estranged father resurfaces, forcing her to confront her past traumas, secrets behind her profession, and the explosive family dynamics.