Richard Timothy 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.
Early life
Kring was born in El Dorado County, California. He is Jewish. He has two brothers and a sister.
He attended Allan Hancock College, where his father, Ray, was the track coach, then 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.
In 1999, he signed a deal with NBC.
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.Spoiler TV: Pilot Order for Heroes Creator Tim Spoiler TV 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 was 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 has been nominated for an Emmy Award 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.Master of Sci-Fi: Tim Kring
Filmography Film Title Year Credited as NotesProducerWriterTeen Wolf Too1987Credited as R. Timothy KringSublet1998In the Cloud2018
Television The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
Title Year Credited as Network NotesCreatorProducerWriterExecutiveproducerMisfits of Science1985 (1)NBCCredited as R. Timothy KringKnight Rider1986 (1)Credited as R. Timothy KringBay Cove1987Credited as R. Timothy KringWithout Consent1994ABCTelevision filmFalling for You1995CBSTelevision filmChicago Hope1996–97 (6)Producer Supervising producer L.A. Doctors1999 (1)Co-executive producer Strange World1999–2002 (1)ABCProvidence1999–2001 (5)NBCCo-executive producer Crossing Jordan2001–07 (22)Heroes2006–10 (16)Touch2012–13 (6)FoxDaybreak2012Web seriesDig2015 (5)USA NetworkMiniseriesHeroes Reborn: Dark Matters2015Web seriesHeroes Reborn2015–16 (2)NBCMiniseriesThe Wilding2016USA NetworkUnsold pilotBeyond2017–18FreeformTreadstone2019 (2)USA Network
References
External links
Interview: Tim Kring, Heroes creator, The TV Addict, 2006-10-12 NBC's Super Heroes: Burning Questions Answered!, TV Guide, 2006-10-16 (archive.org link)