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.
The roles that explain the career.
24 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 HOURS | Director | Film |
| 2026 | 72 HOURS | Producer | Film |
| 2025 | The Pickup | Director | Film |
| 2025 | The Pickup | Producer | Film |
| 2023 | The Blackening | Director | Film |
| 2023 | The Blackening | Producer | Film |
| 2023 | Praise This | Producer | Film |
| 2021 | Tom & Jerry | Pigeon Announcer (voice) | Film |
| 2021 | Tom & Jerry | Director | Film |
| 2021 | Tom & Jerry | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2019 | Shaft | Director | Film |
| 2019 | Shaft | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2014 | Ride Along | Director | Film |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too | Director | Film |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Director | Film |
| 2011 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | Director | Film |
| 2010 | Hurricane Season | Director | Film |
| 2008 | First Sunday | Producer | Film |
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Director | Film |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four | Director | Film |
| 2004 | Taxi | Director | Film |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Director | Film |
| 1999 | Urban Menace | Writer | Film |
| Monopoly | Director | Film |
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