- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 13, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Tim Story
Timothy Kevin Story is an American film director. He is best known for Barbershop (2002), Fantastic Four (2005), and the Ride Along franchise. He has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie in 2006 and 2013. He is the founder of The Story Company, a production company co-founded with his future wife, Vicky, in 1996. He is the first African-American film director to have grossed over US$1 billion at the box office. Born in Los Angeles on March 13, 1970, Story attended LA's Westchester High School with jazz pianist Eric Reed and actresses Regina King and Nia Long. He was senior class president at Westchester High. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1991. While in high school, Story briefly attempted a career in music. He was part of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate and even appeared as a member of the group T.D.F. …
Filmography
movie72 HOURS
2026 · Director, Producer
movieThe Pickup
2025 · Director, Producer
movieDashing Through the Snow
2023 · Executive Producer, Director
movieThe Blackening
2023 · Director, Producer
moviePraise This
2023 · Producer
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
tvQueens
2021 · Director, Executive Producer
movieTom & Jerry
2021 · Pigeon Announcer (voice), Director, Executive Producer
tv#blackAF
2020 · Tim Story
movieShaft
2019 · Director, Executive Producer
movieKevin Hart: What Now?
2016 · Director
movieRide Along 2
2016 · Director
tvScorpion
2014 · Director
movieThink Like a Man Too
2014 · Director
movieRide Along
2014 · Director
movieThink Like a Man
2012 · Director
movieKevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
2011 · Director
movieHurricane Season
2010 · Director
movieFirst Sunday
2008 · Producer
movieFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007 · Director
tvStandoff
2006 · Director
movieFantastic Four
2005 · Director
movieTaxi
2004 · Director
movieBarbershop
2002 · Director
movieUrban Menace
1999 · Writer
movieThe Firing Squad
1999 · Director, Writer
movieOne of Us Tripped
1997 · Director, Editor
Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
movieUntitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
— · Director, Producer
Humbug
movieHumbug
— · Director
Night Wolf
movieNight Wolf
— · Director, Producer
My Own Worst Enemy
movieMy Own Worst Enemy
— · Director, Producer
Man of War
movieMan of War
— · Director, Producer
movieMonopoly
— · Director
Ride Along 3
movieRide Along 3
— · Director
The Transfer
movieThe Transfer
— · Executive Producer