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Tim Story

Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn March 13, 1970 (55 years)
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. on the song "T.D.F. Connection" from the 1988 compilation album Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through. A group member was shot and killed prior to them being signed to Warner Bros. Records. Story later turned his attention to directing feature films. Fantastic Four became, at the time, the highest-grossing superhero movie by an African-American director.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Kevin Hart: What Now All Access
  • White Famous

Known For

  • Fantastic Four
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  • Ride Along
  • Shaft
  • Think Like a Man
  • Taxi
  • Barbershop
  • Ride Along 2
  • The Blackening
  • Think Like a Man Too
  • The Pickup
  • Tom and Jerry
  • First Sunday
  • Kevin Hart: What Now All Access
  • Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
  • Dashing Through the Snow
  • Hurricane Season
  • Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
  • Scorpion
  • Standoff
  • Queens
  • White Famous
  • CSI: Miami
  • Urban Menace

Featured Videos

  • Tim Story On The Story
    Tim Story On The StoryKevin Hart: What Now All AccessBehind the Scenes
  • Tim Story On The Story
    Tim Story On The StoryRide Along 2Behind the Scenes
  • Think Like A Man Too: Tim Story On Shooting In Vegas
    Think Like A Man Too: Tim Story On Shooting In VegasThink Like a Man TooBehind the Scenes
  • Tim Story On The Chemistry Between Cube And Kevin
    Tim Story On The Chemistry Between Cube And KevinRide AlongBehind the Scenes
  • Think Like A Man: Tim Story On The Story
    Think Like A Man: Tim Story On The StoryThink Like a ManBehind the Scenes

Tim Story Filmography

2025
2023
Dashing Through the Snow · as Executive Producer
2023
2022
2021
Queens (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2021
Tom and Jerry · as Executive Producer
2019
Shaft · as Executive Producer
2018
Prince of Peoria (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2017
White Famous (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2016
What Goes Around Comes Around · as Executive Producer
2013
The Signal · as Executive Producer
2008
2006
Standoff (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2021
Tom and Jerry · as Pigeon Announcer (voice)
2016

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self
2020
#blackAF (TV Series) · as Tim Story
2017
Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2002
American Idol (TV Series) · as Self

1999
The Firing Squad · as Co-Editor

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