# 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 and producing partner; 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. His credits include Cutthroat Island, which is regarded as one of the biggest box-office bombs in film history.

## Personal life

King attended Archbishop Mitty High School and Westmont College. King is of Irish and Italian descent. 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. A Catholic, he often attends Mass with The Good Fight lead actress Christine Baranski.

## Career

King 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).
King 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.
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 through October 17, 2016 before it was cancelled. 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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1988 | The Nest | Writer |
| 1989 | Under the Boardwalk | Writer |
| 1989 | Bloodfist | Writer |
| 1989 | Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge | Writer |
| 1989 | Silk 2 | Writer |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Writer |
| 1994 | Speechless | Writer |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island | Writer |
| 1997 | Red Corner | Writer |
| 2000 | Vertical Limit | Writer, producer |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Principal Takes a Holiday | Writer, director | Television film |
| 2000 | Angels in the Infield | Writer, director | Television film |
| 2006 | In Justice | Writer, creator, executive producer | Television series, with Michelle King |
| 2009–2016 | The Good Wife | Writer, creator, executive producer, director | Television series, with Michelle King |
| 2016 | BrainDead | Writer, creator, executive producer, director | Television series, with Michelle King |
| 2017–2022 | The Good Fight | Writer, creator, executive producer, director | Television series, with Michelle King |
| 2019–2024 | Evil | Writer, creator, executive producer, director | Television series, with Michelle King |
| 2020–2023 | Your Honor | Executive producer | Television series, with Michelle King |
| 2021 | The Bite | Writer, creator, executive producer | Miniseries, with Michelle King |
| 2024–present | Elsbeth | Writer, creator, executive producer, director | Television series, with Michelle King |
| 2025 | Happy Face | Creator, executive producer | Television series, with Michelle King |

## Awards and nominations

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