Richard Timothy "Tim" Kring (born July 9, 1957) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He was born in El Dorado County, California, United States.

Career

He has created three TV shows that have seen varying degrees of success: Strange World, Crossing Jordan, and Heroes. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1983.

He got his start as a screenwriter writing for the TV show Knight Rider. One of his earlier projects was Misfits of Science, which, like his later project Heroes, featured superpowered humans as a main theme. Another early project was Teen Wolf Too, co-written by Jeph Loeb. The two would later re-team when producing Heroes.