contact

kalee.quinones@gmail.com

About

Kalee Quiñones is a screenwriter based in Los Angeles who specializes in thrillers and slice-of-life dark comedies. Her writing is often centered around complex female and queer characters. She grew up in college town Lawrence, Kansas where she wrote for the art center's black box theater, was a karaoke host, and worked at historical cornerstone Liberty Hall Video.

Kalee has written two pilot specs and is currently directing and producing Blood Moon, an experimental queer sci-fi short she wrote. She’s sharpened her writing toolkit with classes like Robert McKee's Story Seminar, Script Anatomy's Televisionary, and UCB’s Sketch 101. Her approach to character development stems from her acting background - she studied at Lee Strasberg and The Groundlings.

Beyond screenwriting, Kalee works in film exhibition and post production. She handles 35mm film traffic and projection at Vidiots and her post experience includes assistant editing award-winning projects like Saturn, What We've Become, and the Red Bird web series, Post Project Coordinating Xbox Showcase 2023, and editing multiple shorts. When she's not developing character-driven narratives, you might find her seeking out weird rep screenings or watching French films with her cats.

Kalee is actively seeking representation and opportunities to join writers’ rooms for thriller and dark comedy series.

recent projects

Print Traffic + Booth Coordinator - Vidiots

Organized Parts - Short Film

Willow Domestic Violence Center - Promotion Video

Patton Veterans Project - Instructor

Alaska State Troopers - A&E Television Program

Tapestry Brewing - Short Film

ACLU WA Relentless. Together. - Advocacy Video

Demonatrix - Feature Film

Cascade PBS Ideas Festival - Race, Power and Palestine with Ta-Nehisi Coates

Cascade PBS Ideas Festival - Text Me Back! Court Roast w/ Lindy West, Meagan Hatcher-Mays, and Guy Branum

Mountainside - Feature Film

The Drop Off - Short Film

Saturn - Feature Film