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Eric Kripke (born 1974) is an American
writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short sto ...
and television producer. Kripke came to prominence in the late 2000s for creating
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/ CW fantasy drama series ''
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'' (2005–2020). He served as the showrunner during the first five seasons of the series. Since then, he has created and/or produced a number of television series including ''
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'' (2012–2014), '' Timeless'' (2016–2018), and '' The Boys'' (2019–present).


Early life

Kripke, who is
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, was raised in the
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, suburb Sylvania Township, the son of Larry and Joan Kripke, and graduated from Sylvania Southview High School in 1992. His cousin was
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, an influential
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and
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. Kripke often created
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with friends to show to other students. His artistic influences include
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. He attended the
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.


Career

Kripke's 16-minute
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''Truly Committed'' received an audience choice award at the
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. He also directed the short ''Battle of the Sexes''. He later developed and wrote for
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's
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television series ''
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'', which was cancelled after eight episodes, and followed this by writing the
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film ''
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''. Furthermore, he was an associate producer for the 2011 romantic action thriller ''
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''. He was developing his first feature film ''Haunted'', for a 2012 release. In August 2011, it was announced that Kripke was developing a series for
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based on the
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character
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, but no series materialized.


''Boogeyman''

Prior to his success with ''
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'', Kripke co-wrote the screenplay for the film ''
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'', which was released in early 2005. The film focuses on Tim, played by Barry Watson, who is suffering the loss of his mother; he goes home to confront the
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creature who he believes killed his father and is also the reason for his mother's demise.


''Supernatural''

In
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, Kripke created the series ''
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'', which is about two brothers' ( Sam and
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) personal battle against
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, poltergeists and other supernatural phenomena. Kripke served as a part-time executive consultant on season seven on the series after serving as the show's primary showrunner for the first five seasons. ''Supernatural'' first aired on
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and then on
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, which was created by The WB's 2006 merger with
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. During the series, it was in 2008 that he signed an overall deal with Warner Bros.


''Revolution''

After Kripke stepped down as primary showrunner for ''
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'' following the show's fifth season, he began developing other projects. One of these projects, entitled ''Revolution'', was picked by
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for the 2012–13 season. The series centers on a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a post-apocalyptic world where everything electronic has mysteriously stopped working, and centers around their battle to resolve the blackout. It stars Billy Burke,
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, David Lyons,
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,
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, Graham Rogers and
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co-starring. ''Revolution'' has a Metacritic rating of 64/100 from 32 reviews. Glenn Garvin of ''
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'' wrote, "''Revolution'' is big, bold and brassy adventure, a cowboys-and-Indians story for end times." ''Revolution'' was cancelled by NBC after two seasons.


''Jacked''

In April 2015, Kripke announced he is writing the comic book series called ''Amped'' (later re-titled ''Jacked'') for
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and
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to be released in fall 2015. The story follows Josh Jaffe, a neurotic family man who buys an online 'smart pill' to increase his focus and jolt him out of his slump, but to his surprise finds the pill gives him super strength, prompting him to try to become a superhero. Concurrently, a TV adaptation was being developed for
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, with Kripke serving as both the writer and executive producer. The series was set to be co-produced by Kripke Enterprises and
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.


''Timeless''

In August 2015, it was announced that Kripke, along with fellow writer Shawn Ryan, were developing an action-adventure show, '' Timeless'', for NBC. Described as "''Back to the Future'' meets ''Mission: Impossible''", ''Timeless'' is about an unlikely trio traveling through time to battle unknown criminals in order to protect history. Ryan and Kripke co-wrote the script and executive-produced with Davis Entertainment's John Davis, John Fox and MiddKid Productions. After being cancelled after one season, a fan campaign was made to revive the series for a short second season which was again subsequently cancelled when ratings did not improve.


''The Boys''

On April 6, 2016, it was announced that
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was developing a television series adaptation of the comic book. The production was being developed by Kripke,
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and
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. Kripke was set to write the series while Goldberg and Rogen were set to direct, with Kripke, Goldberg, Rogen, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, James Weaver, Ken Levin and Jason Netter serving as executive producers.
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and
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were set as co-executive producers. Production companies involved with the series included Point Grey Television,
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and
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.


Filmography


Film


Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.


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