Career

King began his career writing the television movie Imaginary Friends in 1983. The film was directed by Michael Darlow

Michael Darlow

Michael Darlow is a television director. His works include Genocide and Bomber Harris.-External links:...

.

He wrote the science fiction horror film The Nest

The Nest (1988 film)

The Nest is a creature feature horror film, based on the novel by Eli Cantor , from Roger Corman's Concorde Pictures and producer Julie Corman. The tagline is "Roaches have never tasted flesh... until now." Flesh-eating roaches terrorize a peaceful island community presented as a New England...

in 1988 and action sequel Silk 2 (produced by the most prolific producer in the American entertainment industry Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...

) in 1989. He co-wrote the horror film Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge is a 1989 horror film about a young man who apparently dies in a suspicious house fire after saving his girlfriend, Melody; a year later, at the new mall built over the site of the burned-out house, thefts and murders begin to occur as a mysterious figure...

in 1989. He wrote the romantic comedy Under the Boardwalk

Under the Boardwalk

"Under the Boardwalk" is a hit pop song written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick and recorded by The Drifters in 1964.-Premise:The lyric describes a tryst between a man and his beloved in a seaside town, who plan to privately meet "out of the sun" and out of sight from everyone else under a...

and the martial arts film Bloodfist

Bloodfist

Bloodfist is a 1989 martial arts film starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson. Wilson plays a dojo sensei in California who travels to Manila to avenge his professional kickboxer brother, who was murdered after a fight.-Plot:...

also in 1989.

He continued to write feature films throughout the 1990s. Full Contact

Full Contact

Full Contact is a 1992 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Ringo Lam. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, and Ann Bridgewater. It was based upon Donald Westlake's novel The Hunter, with Chow Yun-Fat's character, Gou Fei, analogous to the novel's main character,...

(1993) and Dragon Fire

Dragon Fire (1993 film)

Dragon Fire is a 1993 martial arts film set in a dystopian Los Angeles in the year 2050. It is notable for heavily using actual kickboxing champions for the actors....

(1993) were based on King's script for Bloodfist. He wrote the comedy Clean Slate and romantic comedy Speechless

Speechless (film)

Speechless is a 1994 romantic comedy film directed by Ron Underwood. It stars Geena Davis , Michael Keaton, Bonnie Bedelia, Ernie Hudson and Christopher Reeve.-Plot:...

in 1994. He co-wrote the 1995 film Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island is a 1995 action adventure film directed by Renny Harlin. The film stars Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, and Frank Langella. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a major box office bomb: listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest box office flop of...

. He wrote the political thriller Red Corner

Red Corner

Red Corner is a drama film produced in 1997, directed by Jon Avnet and written by Robert King.- Plot :It tells the story of a wealthy American businessman named Jack Moore working in China and attempting to put together a satellite communications deal as part of a joint venture with the Chinese...

in 1997. He co-wrote (Paul Wolff

Paul Wolff

Paul Wolff is a screenwriter, actor, producer and popular screenwriting instructor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He has taught at the university for over fourteen years...

) and directed the comedy film Principal Takes a Holiday in 1998. He co-wrote and directed the 2000 television movie Angels in the Infield

Angels in the Infield

Angels in the Infield is a 2000 Disney television film, Directed by Robert King. A follow on to the 1994 film Angels in the Outfield, and the 1997 film Angels in the Endzone, this motion-picture is about a group of angels trying to help a baseball team win a championship game, while at the same...

. He also co-wrote and produced the action movie Vertical Limit

Vertical Limit

Vertical Limit is a 2000 thriller action film directed by New Zealander Martin Campbell starring, among others, Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn...

(directed by Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell

-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...

) in 2000.

King and his wife Michelle co-created the short-lived drama series In Justice

In Justice

In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 9 p.m. EST. It was cancelled after its...

in 2006. The series aired as a mid-season replacement on ABC. As well as the pilot King co-wrote the episode "Golden Boy

Golden Boy

Golden Boy is a drama by Clifford Odets. The play was initially produced on Broadway by The Group Theatre in 1937. Odets' biggest hit was made into a 1939 film of the same name, starring William Holden in his breakthrough role, and also served as the basis for a 1964 musical.-Plot:It focuses on Joe...

". The series was not renewed after completing a thirteen episode first season.

The Kings co-created a second legal drama series entitled The Good Wife. They served as executive producers for the series. As well as the pilot episode they co-wrote the episodes "Stripped", "Unorthodox" "Hi," and twelve other episodes. King and the writing staff were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award

Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...

 for Best New Series for The Good Wife.

Awards and nominations

He has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award

Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...

 for Best New Series for The Good Wife. The nomination was shared with Angela Amato

Angela Amato

Angela Amato is an Italian violinist who has worked with such major musicians as Tibor Varga, Igor Oistrach, Emanuel Hurwitz, Eiluned Davies and Beatrice Antonioni. As a soloist she has performed in Europe and Italy in the most renowned concert halls, recording for Italian National Radio and TV,...

, Corinne Brinkerhoff

Corinne Brinkerhoff

Corinne Brinkerhoff is an award nominated American television writer and producer. She has worked on the series The Good Wife and Boston Legal. She was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best new series in 2010.-Career:...

, Ted Humphrey

Ted Humphrey

Ted Humphrey is an award nominated American television and film writer and producer. He has worked in both capacities on the series "The Nine" and The Unit and the legal dramas Shark and The Good Wife...

, Dee Johnson, Todd Ellis Kessler

Todd Ellis Kessler

Todd Ellis Kessler is an award nominated American television producer and writer. He has worked in both capacities on varied series including The Practice, Crossing Jordan, Kevin Hill, The Unit and The Good Wife...

, and Michelle King

Michelle King

Michelle King is an American television writer and producer. She is married to Robert King who is also her writing partner. The two co-created the television legal dramas In Justice and The Good Wife...

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