S.E. King is a writer & director deeply dedicated to spotlighting underrepresented voices since before it was “brand friendly.” ; )

Born in Puerto Rico, raised in Texas, King studied & performed comedy as a wildly anxious, sad & confused neurodivergent kiddo in Chicago. Time Out Chicago named King’s solo show a "Critic's Pick" and "#1 Don't Miss Show," awarding it “4 Stars,” calling S.E. “hilarious and unflappable.” The show was a "Best Bet" in the Chicago Tribune, and The Chicago Reader gave it a "Critic's Choice" and "Highly Recommend." This funky satirical show about a genderqueer lesbian in a complicated, conservative Christian family overcompensating as one does took S.E. to New York as a semi-finalist in the Andy Kaufman Awards.

Always through an unabashed feminist lens with a very queer slant, King's written for Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack, Funny or Die Originals, and Relativity Media. Wrote & developed original digital comedy pilots for NBCUniversal. And has creative produced on music videos for artists like MILCK's "Quiet" — the protest anthem performed at the 2017 Women's March.

More recently, King's original dramedy scripts about complex women with integrity, and badass broads in their 70s or 80s the world abandoned, have placed as a Top 8 Semi-Finalist at the Nantucket Film Festival's Tony Cox Screenplay Competition, a Second Rounder multiple times at the Austin Film Festival, and as a Semi-Finalist at HollyShorts & Cinequest amongst many others.

S.E.’s storytelling philosophy: comedic empathy for the underdogs, brutal satirical honesty for those in power.

King's debut documentary feature made possible by a grant from the John Steven Kellett Foundation & crowdfunding, Our dad, Danielle — following a trans woman coming out at 57 in Texas — won Best Documentary Feature Jury Award at the Manchester Film Festival, the LGBTQ+ Voices Jury Award & Audience Award at Portland Film Festival and the Audience Award at Vail Film Festival. It streams globally.

S.E. was next commissioned to direct & produce a branded feature doc, The Miami Bull Project, which was selected for the Miami Film Festival & Dumbo Film Festival, and won a Silver Telly Award for Best Branded Documentary — competing against folks with a lot more money like Netflix, National Geographic & PBS. The film was about diversity in finance and featured Steve Wang & Furio Tedeschi.

Currently in production on Lick Me: The Cherry Vanilla Story, a feature documentary about the legendary punk rock icon, David Bowie publicist, and Warhol muse, with confirmed subjects that include legends of film, music & the downtown New York counterculture scene. The project had the honor of being selected as one of the few documentaries in progress for Gotham Week Project Market '25.

S.E. is also currently developing a series of picture books for all the sensitive kids learning to see (and love) themselves — stories rooted in identity, family, and the wild beauty of growing up “different.” Please get in touch if you’d like to learn more specifics.

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