Tim Story
Biography
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$1 billion at the box office.
Born in Los Angeles on March 13, 1970, Story attended LA's Westchester High School with jazz pianist Eric Reed and actresses Regina King and Nia Long. He was senior class president at Westchester High. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1991.
Most directed genres
Recurring actors
- Kevin Hart 10
- Ice Cube 5
- Michael Ealy 3
- Regina Hall 3
- Taraji P. Henson 3
- Chris Evans 2
- Eddie Murphy 2
- Ioan Gruffudd 2
The career in numbers
- US$ 463 mi Total budget from 13 film(s) with data
- US$ 1.4 bi Total box office from 14 film(s) with data
- US$ 36 mi Average budget from 13 film(s) with data
- US$ 103 mi Average box office from 14 film(s) with data
- 6.3 Average rating from 17 film(s) with data
- 3.1× Return on investment from 13 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
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72 HOURS
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2026 | — | — | 6.8 |
The Pickup
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2025 | — | — | 6.4 |
The Blackening
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2023 | US$ 5 mi | US$ 19 mi | 5.8 |
Dashing Through the Snow
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2023 | — | — | 6.0 |
Tom & Jerry
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2021 | US$ 50 mi | US$ 137 mi | 6.7 |
Shaft
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2019 | US$ 30 mi | US$ 21 mi | 6.5 |
Ride Along 2
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2016 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 125 mi | 6.3 |
Kevin Hart: What Now?
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2016 | US$ 10 mi | US$ 24 mi | 6.4 |
Ride Along
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2014 | US$ 25 mi | US$ 154 mi | 6.3 |
Think Like a Man Too
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2014 | US$ 24 mi | US$ 70 mi | 6.4 |
Think Like a Man
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2012 | US$ 12 mi | US$ 96 mi | 6.8 |
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
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2011 | — | US$ 8 mi | 7.1 |
Hurricane Season
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2010 | US$ 143,000 | US$ 1 mi | 6.6 |
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
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2007 | US$ 130 mi | US$ 302 mi | 5.6 |
Fantastic Four
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2005 | US$ 100 mi | US$ 334 mi | 5.8 |
Taxi
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2004 | US$ 25 mi | US$ 71 mi | 5.6 |
Barbershop
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2002 | US$ 12 mi | US$ 77 mi | 6.4 |
Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
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Humbug
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Night Wolf
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My Own Worst Enemy
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Ride Along 3
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Man of War
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