Robert and Michelle King
Robert and Michelle King | |
|---|---|
 Robert and Michelle King at the 2015 PaleyFest presentation for The Good Wife | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, producer |
| Children | 1 |
Robert King (born 1959) is an American film and television writer and producer. Robert and Michelle King (née Stern; born 1962) are an American television writing and producing duo. The two are best known as the creators and showrunners of the legal drama series The Good Wife (2009–16), its spin-offs The Good Fight (2017–22) and Elsbeth (2024–present), and the supernatural drama Evil (2019–24). The two are also the founders of their own production company, King Size Productions. Prior to his television work with his wife, King had worked extensively as a film screenwriter for a wide variety of genres.
Personal life
[edit]Robert attended Archbishop Mitty High School and Westmont College.[1] Robert is of Irish and Italian descent.[2][3]
Robert King met Michelle Stern in 1983 when as a senior at UCLA she worked part-time at FrontRunners athletic shoe store. The couple married in 1987. They have one daughter, Sophia.[4] A Catholic, he often attends Mass with The Good Fight lead actress Christine Baranski.[5]
Career
[edit]Robert began his career writing the science fiction horror film The Nest (1988), and co-wrote Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge, Under the Boardwalk and Bloodfist (all 1989).[6] Robert continued to write feature films throughout the 1990s, including Clean Slate, Speechless, Cutthroat Island and Red Corner. He directed the comedy film Principal Takes a Holiday in 1998. He co-wrote and directed Angels in the Infield (2000). He co-wrote and produced Vertical Limit.
Robert and Michelle King co-created and co-produced the short-lived drama series In Justice in 2006.[6] They co-created a second, far more successful, legal drama series, The Good Wife, which ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2016 on CBS.[7] Aside from the pilot episode, they co-wrote the episodes "Stripped",[8] "Unorthodox",[9] "Hi",[10] and twelve other episodes.
Robert and Michelle King also created and produced the comedy thriller drama series BrainDead, which aired on CBS on June 13, 2016 through October 17, 2016 before it was cancelled.[11] The couple then returned to their The Good Wife spin-off The Good Fight as showrunners. More recently, the King Size Productions company signed an overall deal with CBS Studios.[12]
In September 2019 their horror thriller series Evil began airing on CBS.[13]
Filmography
[edit]Film writer
- The Nest (1988)
- Under the Boardwalk (1989)
- Bloodfist (1989)
- Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)
- Silk 2 (1989)
- Clean Slate (1994)
- Speechless (1994)
- Cutthroat Island (1995)
- Red Corner (1997)
- Vertical Limit (2000) (Also producer)
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Principal Takes a Holiday | Yes | Yes |
| 2000 | Angels in the Infield | Yes | Yes |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer |
Creator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | In Justice | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2009–2016 | The Good Wife | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2016 | BrainDead | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2017–2022 | The Good Fight | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2019–2024 | Evil | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2020–2023 | Your Honor | No | No | Yes | No |
| 2021 | The Bite | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2024–present | Elsbeth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2025 | Happy Face[14] | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Robert, Michelle and the writing staff have been nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for The Good Wife.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Can the Kings Be TV's Next Super Producers?". September 10, 2019.
- ^ "Creators of New CBS Drama 'Evil' Reveal Show Will Depict Positive Portrayal of Prayer on Screen (Interview)". September 25, 2019.
- ^ "The Couple Behind TV's Boldest Shows". The New Yorker. June 11, 2022.
- ^ Lynch, Jason (2014-03-09). "The Great Marriage Behind 'The Good Wife'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ "Writing Through the Moment". Vulture. October 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Profile, imdb.com; accessed May 4, 2014.
- ^ Charles McDougall (director), Michelle and Robert King (writers) (September 22, 2009). "Pilot". The Good Wife. Season 1. Episode 1. CBS.
- ^ Charles McDougall (director), Michelle and Robert King (writers) (September 29, 2009). "Stripped". The Good Wife. Season 1. Episode 2. CBS.
- ^ John Polson (director), Michelle and Robert King (writers) (2009-11-10). "Unorthodox". The Good Wife. Season 1. Episode 7. CBS.
- ^ John Gallagher (director), Michelle and Robert King, and Barry Schkolnick (writers) (February 9, 2010). "Hi". The Good Wife. Season 1. Episode 14. CBS.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (2016-10-18). "BrainDead, American Gothic Not Returning for Season 2". TVLine. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (2021-07-08). "Robert and Michelle King Ink Rich New CBS Studios Overall Deal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ Sippell, Margeaux (September 26, 2019). "'Evil' Creators Robert and Michelle King on 30 Years of Debating the Nature of Evil". TheWrap. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ Petski, Denise (2024-05-09). "Happy Face Adds Damon Gupton & Momona Tamada As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Gregg Mitchell, Sherry Goldman (2010). "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original (Press Release) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
External links
[edit]- Robert King at IMDb
- Michelle King at IMDb