Robert King

Robert King Biography

Robert King (born 1959) is an American film and television writer and producer. He is married to Michelle King, who is also his writing partner. The couple created the legal drama series The Good Wife, which earned them a Writers Guild of America Award; they have also created the comedy-drama BrainDead.

Personal life

Robert met Michelle 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.

Robert King attended Archbishop Mitty High School and Westmont College and is Roman Catholic.

Career

King began his career writing the television movie, Imaginary Friends, in 1982, which starred veteran actors Peter Ustinov and Lilli Palmer, was directed by Michael Darlow. King later wrote 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).

King continued to write feature films throughout the 1990s, including Full Contact, Dragon Fire, 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.

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. Aside from the pilot episode, they co-wrote the episodes "Stripped", "Unorthodox", "Hi", and twelve other episodes. King and the writing staff were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for The Good Wife.

Robert and Michelle King also created and produce the thriller drama series BrainDead, which premiered on CBS on June 13, 2016.

Awards and nominations

King has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for The Good Wife.

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