Ken Mercer

Ken Mercer was born in Newark, New Jersey and began writing professionally at the age of 17. In 1981, he was cast as a used car salesman in a feature film that was being directed by FT Kosempa. FT assured Ken that it was not a case of typecasting.

Ken has written for newspaper, magazine, radio, television and feature films. He is the author of two novels: "Slow Fire" and "East on Sunset," both published by St. Martin’s Press.

As a director, he has been fortunate to work with cinematographers such as Allen Daviau, ASC and Curtis Clark, ASC and production companies such as Propaganda Films. He is represented by Jeff Gerecke at G Agency (books) and Amy Shiffman at Echo Lake Entertainment (film).