Robert King (writer)

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" (2009–16), which earned them a Writers Guild of America Award; its spin-off "The Good Fight" (2017–); the comedy-drama "BrainDead" (2016); and "Evil" (2019–).
Early life and education.
King attended Archbishop Mitty High School and Westmont College. He is Roman Catholic. King is of Irish and Italian descent.
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.
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 "", "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 produced the comedy thriller drama series "BrainDead", which aired on CBS on June 13, 2016 thru October 17, 2016 before it was cancelled. The couple then returned to their "The Good Wife" spin-off "The Good Fight" as showrunners.
Awards and nominations.
King has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for "The Good Wife".