Robert King (born 1959) 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.
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Personal life
Robert attended Archbishop Mitty High School and Westmont College. Robert is of Irish and Italian descent.
Robert King and Michelle Stern met 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
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). 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.
