Writer/Director Blue Kraning grew up in both rural Wisconsin and New York City, but now resides in Los Angeles. Trained in directing at SUNY Purchase, his films often deal with the struggle to find peace in the dehumanizing chaos of modern society.  

  

In 2006, Blue Kraning directed BLASTED!!! THE GONZO PATRIOTS OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON, a documentary about the many fans across America that volunteered their privately owned artillery to honor the good doctor’s last wish to have his ashes shot out of a cannon. It premiered at the 2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam and the 2006 Denver International Film Festival.

 

In 2006, Blue co-directed (with Laura Kraning) the documentary, SUZAN PITT: PERSISTENCE OF VISION, which screened at the REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles, the Denver International Film Festival and the Women Make Waves Film Festival in Taipei.  It has been released on DVD nationwide by First Run Features and will be released in Japan by Image Forum. In 2005, Blue wrote and co-directed (with Laura Kraning), a feature documentary entitled FEAR ITSELF, which is a personal diary film about the couple's experiences with fear and terrorism in America.

 

Blue has written three feature screenplays, which have all been optioned or sold to world-renowned producers. As a writer, he has won numerous awards such as the IFP/Blockbuster Film Development Award, The Morrow-Heus Screenwriting Award (finalist), and an award from the Minnesota State Arts Board. In 2003, Blue directed his first feature narrative film, DISTRESS, which starred Chris Meyer (P.S.) and Michele Hicks (TWIN FALLS IDAHO).  Blue has also directed several short films, which have screened at venues such as, the Walker Art Center, the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the Big Muddy Film Festival.

 

Blue has also written several documentary films, including an episode of the Emmy winning documentary series for the History Channel (10 DAYS). He also wrote the screenplay for Suzan Pitt’s award winning animated film, EL DOCTOR, which premiered at Film Forum in New York and later at the Museum of Modern Art.