Nationality American Name Tim Kring | Role Screenwriter Books Shift | |
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Born Richard Timothy Kring
July 9, 1957 (age 66)
El Dorado County, California, United States Raised in Santa Maria, Calif ( 1957-07-09 ) Occupation Screenwriter, television producer Notable works Strange World
Crossing Jordan
Heroes
Touch Relatives Brothers Kenneth & Buddy Kring, twin-sister; Rebecca Kring-Rosen Movies Teen Wolf Too, Bay Cove, Code Name Jaguar Siblings Buddy Kring, Rebecca Kring-Rosen, Kenneth Kring Education Allan Hancock College, University of Southern California TV shows Heroes, Touch, Dig, Crossing Jordan, Heroes Reborn Similar People Jack Coleman, Masi Oka, Greg Grunberg, Gideon Raff, Jimmy Jean‑Louis Profiles | ||
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Richard Timothy "Tim" Kring (born July 9, 1957) is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his creation of the drama series Strange World, Crossing Jordan, Heroes, and Touch.
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- Early life
- Career
- Awards and nominations
- References
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Early life
Kring was born in El Dorado County, California. He is Jewish. He has two brothers and a sister.
He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1983. Discussing his beginnings, Kring said:
Career
Kring's first job as a screenwriter was for the television show Knight Rider. Other early projects included co-writing an episode of Misfits of Science (which, like his later project Heroes, featured super-powered humans as a main theme) and Teen Wolf Too with Jeph Loeb. Kring and Loeb would collaborate again when producing Heroes. Kring also co-wrote the 2010 book Shift: A Novel (Gates of Orpheus Trilogy) with Dale Peck.
After the cancellation of Heroes in 2010 Kring created the TV series Touch, a drama focusing on a father (Kiefer Sutherland) who discovers that his mute son can predict future events. The series premiered on January 25, 2012 on Fox and was cancelled after two seasons on May 9, 2013.
On February 22, 2014, during its Olympics coverage, NBC announced Heroes is coming back as a 13-episode event miniseries titled Heroes Reborn. It premiered in 2015 with creator Tim Kring as the executive producer.
Awards and nominations
Kring won an Emmy Award nomination in 2007 for Outstanding Drama Series as the producer for Heroes. He was also named one of the Masters of Sci Fi TV for his work on the series.