Tim Kring

<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2>
Kring was born in <a href="/facts/El_Dorado_County,_California/lleCkM6v">El Dorado County, California</a>. He is <a href="/facts/Jewish/T9Y4wE6A">Jewish</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> He has two brothers and a sister.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a>: 83 
He attended <a href="/facts/Allan_Hancock_College/eClXmCbS">Allan Hancock College</a>, where his father, Ray, was the track coach, then graduated from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Southern_California/N0v9R5gs">University of Southern California</a> <a href="/facts/USC_School_of_Cinematic_Arts/6MlTCA9l">School of Cinematic Arts</a> in 1983.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> Discussing his beginnings, Kring said:

I never even thought about scripts when I got out of film school. I pulled cables and shot documentaries. I finally got a gig with commercial house where I would come on with a camera crew as second assistant shooting Japanese cigarette commercials. I had an opportunity to get into the camera crew and decided I did not really want to do that with my life. So I sat down and wrote a script and went back to all the people I had met, got an agent out of it and started going out on a gazillion pitch meetings, and pitched anything I could.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>: 6 
<h2 id="career">Career</h2>
Kring's first job as a screenwriter was for the television show <a href="/facts/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)/N3R9flm3">Knight Rider</a>. Other early projects included co-writing an episode of <a href="/facts/Misfits_of_Science/CSHP9swc">Misfits of Science</a> (which, like his later project Heroes, featured super-powered humans as a main theme) and <a href="/facts/Teen_Wolf_Too/9Hh5bUzx">Teen Wolf Too</a> with <a href="/facts/Jeph_Loeb/gfDD7RYp">Jeph Loeb</a>. Kring and Loeb would collaborate again when producing Heroes. Kring also co-wrote the 2010 book <a href="/facts/Shift_(Novel)/osD4HUKx">Shift: A Novel (Gates of Orpheus Trilogy)</a> with <a href="/facts/Dale_Peck/kDGCAnoL">Dale Peck</a>.
In 1999, he signed a deal with <a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
After the cancellation of Heroes in 2010 Kring created the TV series <a href="/facts/Touch_(American_TV_series)/RPIHuh6o">Touch</a>, a drama focusing on a father (<a href="/facts/Kiefer_Sutherland/FnrC9D7a">Kiefer Sutherland</a>) who discovers that his mute son can predict future events.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> The series premiered on January 25, 2012, on <a href="/facts/Fox_Broadcasting_Company/yeFeCgGk">Fox</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Heroes_Reborn_(miniseries)/apu01zxl">Heroes Reborn</a>. It premiered in 2015 with creator Tim Kring as the <a href="/facts/Executive_producer/HYuzvKSI">executive producer</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>

<h2 id="awards-and-nominations">Awards and nominations</h2>
Kring has been nominated for an <a href="/facts/Emmy_Award/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a> in 2007 for Outstanding Drama Series as the producer for Heroes. He was also named one of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081002074336/http://www.tvweek.com/masters-of-scifi-08/index.php">Masters of Sci Fi TV</a> for his work on the series.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>

<h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2>
<h3>Film</h3>
<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2" scope="col">Title</th><th rowspan="2" scope="col">Year</th><th colspan="2" scope="col">Credited as</th><th rowspan="2" scope="col">Notes</th></tr><tr><th>Producer</th><th>Writer</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Teen_Wolf_Too/9Hh5bUzx">Teen Wolf Too</a></th><td>1987</td><td>No</td><td>Screenplay</td><td>Credited as R. Timothy Kring</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Sublet</th><td>1998</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/In_the_Cloud/4zX9CCtv">In the Cloud</a></th><td>2018</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Television</h3>
The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2" scope="col">Title</th><th rowspan="2" scope="col">Year</th><th colspan="4" scope="col">Credited as</th><th rowspan="2" scope="col">Network</th><th rowspan="2" scope="col">Notes</th></tr><tr><th>Creator</th><th>Producer</th><th>Writer</th><th>Executiveproducer</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Misfits_of_Science/CSHP9swc">Misfits of Science</a></th><td>1985</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (1)</td><td>No</td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a></td><td>Credited as R. Timothy Kring</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)/N3R9flm3">Knight Rider</a></th><td>1986</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (1)</td><td>No</td><td>Credited as R. Timothy Kring</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Bay Cove</th><td>1987</td><td>—</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Credited as R. Timothy Kring</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Without Consent</th><td>1994</td><td>—</td><td>No</td><td>Teleplay</td><td>No</td><td><a href="/facts/American_Broadcasting_Company/WGxg4vRX">ABC</a></td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Falling for You</th><td>1995</td><td>—</td><td>No</td><td>Teleplay</td><td>No</td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a></td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Chicago_Hope/SoGEo5kd">Chicago Hope</a></th><td>1996–97</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (6)</td><td>No</td><td>Producer (season 3: 26 episodes)Supervising producer (seaspn 4: 2 episodes)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/L.A._Doctors/HGCBISev">L.A. Doctors</a></th><td>1999</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (1)</td><td>No</td><td>Co-executive producer (3 episodes)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Strange_World_(TV_series)/bsl0wlJt">Strange World</a></th><td>1999–2002</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (1)</td><td>No</td><td>ABC</td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Providence_(American_TV_series)/L6UrV8pX">Providence</a></th><td>1999–2001</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (5)</td><td>No</td><td rowspan="3">NBC</td><td>Co-executive producer (season 2–3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Crossing_Jordan/dXR3VBTc">Crossing Jordan</a></th><td>2001–07</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (22)</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Heroes_(American_TV_series)/A2e6eRow">Heroes</a></th><td>2006–10</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (16)</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Touch_(American_TV_series)/RPIHuh6o">Touch</a></th><td>2012–13</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (6)</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Fox_Broadcasting_Company/yeFeCgGk">Fox</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Daybreak</th><td>2012</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Web_series/gEW4XK5C">Web series</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Dig_(TV_series)/DFbEhea4">Dig</a></th><td>2015</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (5)</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/USA_Network/lgQGjABY">USA Network</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Miniseries/J7KVThLr">Miniseries</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Heroes_Reborn_(miniseries)/apu01zxl">Heroes Reborn: Dark Matters</a></th><td>2015</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Web series</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Heroes_Reborn_(miniseries)/apu01zxl">Heroes Reborn</a></th><td>2015–16</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (2)</td><td>Yes</td><td>NBC</td><td>Miniseries</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">The Wilding</th><td>2016</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>USA Network</td><td><a href="/facts/Unsold_pilot/V50qBUek">Unsold pilot</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Beyond_(American_TV_series)/dng1vssR">Beyond</a></th><td>2017–18</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Freeform_(TV_channel)/4NFgDxGG">Freeform</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Treadstone/lPG1kqAd">Treadstone</a></th><td>2019</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (2)</td><td>Yes</td><td>USA Network</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471352/">Tim Kring</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thetvaddict.com/?p=959">Interview: Tim Kring, Heroes creator</a>, The TV Addict, 2006-10-12</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061113025153/http://tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting=%7bF621787E-6315-4934-9566-B6B83D71BECB%7d">NBC's Super Heroes: Burning Questions Answered!</a>, <a href="/facts/TV_Guide/T29FpwBp">TV Guide</a>, 2006-10-16 (archive.org link)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Hadas Bashan (December 24, 2009). אנטי גיבור [Anti Hero]. Pnai Plus (in Hebrew). No. 1062. Yedioth Ahronoth. pp. 58–61. Retrieved December 28, 2009. <a href="אנטי גיבור" target="_blank">אנטי גיבור</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Meyers, Lawrence (June 2, 2010). Inside the TV Writers' Room: Practical Advice for Succeeding in Television. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-3241-2. <a href="978-0-8156-3241-2" target="_blank">978-0-8156-3241-2</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Notable Alumni". University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Archived from the original on May 23, 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070523202842/http://www-cntv.usc.edu/alumni/alumni-history/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070523202842/http://www-cntv.usc.edu/alumni/alumni-history/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Meyers, Lawrence (June 2, 2010). Inside the TV Writers' Room: Practical Advice for Succeeding in Television. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-3241-2. <a href="978-0-8156-3241-2" target="_blank">978-0-8156-3241-2</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Adalian, Josef (May 29, 2003). "Kring rings up deal". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2020. <a href="https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/kring-rings-up-deal-1117887036/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/kring-rings-up-deal-1117887036/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Spoiler TV: Pilot Order for Heroes Creator Tim Spoiler TV <a href="http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/01/fox-pilot-order-for-heroes-creator-tim.html#ixzz1NU0Rj6cS/" target="_blank">http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/01/fox-pilot-order-for-heroes-creator-tim.html#ixzz1NU0Rj6cS/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"NBC's 'Heroes' to be Revived as Miniseries (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. February 22, 2014. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbcs-heroes-be-revived-as-682619" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbcs-heroes-be-revived-as-682619</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Master of Sci-Fi: Tim Kring Archived October 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/09/master_of_scifi_tim_kring.php" target="_blank">http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/09/master_of_scifi_tim_kring.php</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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