Trivia

In 2018, the Oniros Film Award honored "The Revenge is Near" - lyricist Ken Luber, composer Saverio Rapezzi, performed by Alessia Turcato - the soundtrack of the film Odeon: The Meaningless Search of Meaning (2017) by director Alessandro Spallino.

Ex-brother-in-law of Kit Culkin.

Father of Jonah Luber and Uri Luber.

Father of Yuri Luber and Jonah Luber.

Ex-brother-in-law of Kit Culkin, Candace Culkin and Terry Culkin.

Ken's new young-adult time travel novel, "The Sun Jumpers," won the publisher's Award of Literary Excellence, and has received outstanding national and international reviews (video trailer and reviews at TheSunJumpers.com). Other books include his novel "Match to the Heart" and his first book of collected poetry, "Everybody's Shadow." He's finishing a new novel, "Falling from the Clouds."

He received the Inland Theatre League's 'Outstanding Director' Award. Major film and television companies have optioned his screenplays and television projects. His feature film "Howzer" was shown at the US Film Festival and at the New American Director Series at the Whitney Museum in New York City.

Ken Luber, full name is Kenneth Lawrence Luber, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Ken's background includes being selected one of the first fifteen Writer/ Director Fellows to inaugurate the American Film Institute, after attending the prestigious Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. His educational background covers writing and directing in film and the TV industry and theatre.

His musical, "Esperanza: the Musical of Hope," for which he wrote the book and lyrics with music composed by Saverio Rapezzi, had its world premier in Palm Springs, CA. Plans are underway for future productions of the show. Listen at EsperanzaTheMusical.