---
name: "Tim Story"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-story"
fi1m_id: "tim-story"
imdb_id: "nm1103162"
tmdb_id: 20400
wikidata_id: "Q2005037"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 March 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 50
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T05:11:30.906571+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tim Story

## Identity

Tim Story

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-story
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-story
- **IMDb ID:** nm1103162
- **TMDB ID:** 20400
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2005037
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Story, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2005037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103162/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20400

Director. Born 13 March 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 March 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2005–2007
- **Also known as:** 팀 스토리, Timothy Kevin Story
- **Frequently works with:** [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md), [Bernd Eichinger](https://film.one/person/bernd-eichinger.md), [Chris Evans](https://film.one/person/chris-evans.md), [Ioan Gruffudd](https://film.one/person/ioan-gruffudd.md), [Jessica Alba](https://film.one/person/jessica-alba.md), [Julian McMahon](https://film.one/person/julian-mcmahon.md), [Mark Frost](https://film.one/person/mark-frost.md), [Michael Chiklis](https://film.one/person/michael-chiklis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 50, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Story, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2005037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103162/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20400

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md) (52), [*Fantastic Four*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md) (48)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tim Story is an American film director, producer and editor. He was born in Los Angeles, California, on 13 March 1970 and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1991.

Story made his feature debut with the independent film *One of Us Tripped* (1997). He achieved mainstream success with the ensemble comedy *Barbershop* (2002) and went on to direct the superhero films *Fantastic Four* (2005) and *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), as well as the *Ride Along* comedies (2014 and 2016).

He is the founder of the production company The Story Company, established with his wife Vicky in 1996. Story has received NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Fi1m 52, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Fi1m 48, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *72 HOURS* (2026), Director, Producer
- *The Pickup* (2025), Director, Producer
- *Dashing Through the Snow* (2023), Executive Producer, Director
- *The Blackening* (2023), Director, Producer
- *Praise This* (2023), Producer
- *Queens* (2021), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Tom & Jerry* (2021), as Pigeon Announcer (voice) · Director, Executive Producer
- *#blackAF* (2020), series, as Tim Story
- *Shaft* (2019), Director, Executive Producer
- *Kevin Hart: What Now?* (2016), Director
- *Ride Along 2* (2016), Director
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, Director
- *Think Like a Man Too* (2014), Director
- *Ride Along* (2014), Director
- *Think Like a Man* (2012), Director
- *Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain* (2011), Director
- *Hurricane Season* (2010), Director
- *First Sunday* (2008), Producer
- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Director — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Standoff* (2006), series, Director
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Director — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Taxi* (2004), Director
- *Barbershop* (2002), Director
- *Urban Menace* (1999), Writer
- *The Firing Squad* (1999), Director, Writer
- *One of Us Tripped* (1997), Director, Editor
- *Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake*, Director, Producer
- *The Transfer*, Executive Producer
- *Humbug*, Director
- *Night Wolf*, Director, Producer
- *My Own Worst Enemy*, Director, Producer
- *Ride Along 3*, Director
- *Man of War*, Director, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Tim Story](https://film.one/media/person/5684163/gallery-49463a64d1b3.jpg) Tim Story — Image via TMDB
- ![Tim Story](https://film.one/media/person/5684163/gallery-cbd59b84ce21.jpg) Tim Story — Image via TMDB
- ![Tim Story](https://film.one/media/person/5684163/gallery-7b6dd2bb5829.jpg) Tim Story — Image via TMDB
- ![Tim Story](https://film.one/media/person/5684163/gallery-b2b4fe669bf4.jpg) Tim Story — Image via TMDB
- ![Tim Story](https://film.one/media/person/5684163/gallery-8bfcf9fa7141.jpg) Tim Story — Image via TMDB

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