Kelsey Ann Wacker

Is a screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Previously of Chicago, IL, and Brooklyn, NY.

Selected Works

  • In the cutthroat world of professional theatre, a struggling actress gets the opportunity of a lifetime when her idol, an enigmatic director with a cult following, offers her a part on one condition: she must do whatever the truth requires, onstage and off. (Co-writer: Nate Simpson)

    In Development

    Proof-Of-Concept Short Film played at Austin Film Fest 2022, Mammoth FF 2022, Sarasota Film Festival 2022, Tallgrass Film Festival 2022, NYSFF 2022, Kansas City Film Fest 2022, Albuquerque Film and Music Experience 2022, Pictures Up! 2022, among others.

  • A young widow living in the mansion she inherited upon her husband's death steels her nerves to start dating again, only to find the house is haunted by an obsessive spirit she believes to be her late husband’s.

    Coverfly Top 1% in Genre/Format

    Coverfly The Red List #2 Thriller Short Story, #7 Short Story (Prose), all time

    Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition 2023

    Top 10, Launch Pad Prose Competition 7th Annual, one of 5 writers to receive Mentorship Selection

  • In the ultra-wealthy suburb of Mission Hills, Kansas, 4 true-crime obsessed housewives form a secret club with one goal in mind: to commit the perfect murder.

    Semifinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2023

  • Fearing the world will end in 1975, a rebellious 16-year-old girl escapes her predatory father’s doomsday cult as a stowaway in a circus caravan of carnies and freaks.

    Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival screenwriting competition 2023 (Top 20% of 10,000+ scripts)

    Quarterfinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2023

  • Under siege by the bank, the FBI, and her son's gang ties, a Romani psychic grapples with using her clairvoyance for truth or gain amidst mounting pressures.

    Received “Recommend” distinction, Industrial Scripts

  • The lives of two millennial newlyweds are shattered by a violent haunting and possession in a McMansion in suburban Kansas City. (Co-writer: Nate Simpson)

    Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition 2024

Kelsey Ann writes thrillers and dark comedies at the intersection of violence and femininity. She grew up ultra-religious in Florida (famously insane). She is the host of an irreverent crime-comedy podcast, Florida Woman. In June 2023, she gave birth to a daughter. 

To request writing samples, scripts, and/or show bibles, email kelseyann.wacker@gmail.com or visit the CONTACT page.