Eric Kripke
Eric Kripke
Eric Kripkeis an American television writer, director, and producer. He is the creator of The WBseries Supernatural and more recently the NBC series Revolution...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth24 April 1974
CityToledo, OH
CountryUnited States of America
hard-work cutting
There are so many shows out there, so you really need to work hard to separate yourself and cut through the static.
sexy fun character
What I think networks do so well are big, fun, accessible, invite everybody into the tent kinds of storytelling, akin to an early Spielberg movie or a Michael Crichton novel. That's not to say that there aren't scary parts 'cause there are, and that there aren't sexy parts and edgy parts, just like early Spielberg would have, but there's a lot of heart, a lot of emotion and complicated characters.
butterfly past logical
We are definitely living in the butterfly effect theory, where any change that is made in the past is going to have a very logical cause-and-effect ramification of the present.
crazy character people
People pitch me the crazy mystery mind-blowing thing all the time. My response is, 'Great, but how do the characters feel about it, and how do we reveal new facets and new dimensions of who they are?
girl horse sunset
We say it’s a modern American Western - two gunslingers who ride into town, fight the bad guys, kiss the girl and ride out into the sunset again. And we were always talking from the very beginning that if you’re going to have cowboys, they need a trusty horse. —Eric Kripke on the decision to add the Impala
half vanilla cold
Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.
thinking adorable
You think you're funny? I think I'm adorable.
giving
When you do 22 episodes of a network show, it's incredibly useful to have a format that gives you a jumping-off point for a story.
shotguns drivers picks
Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole.
brother giving guy
If I had a worldview, and I don’t know if I do, but if I did, it’s one that’s intensely humanistic. [That worldview] is that the only thing that matters is family and personal connection, and that’s the only thing that gives life meaning. Religion and gods and beliefs — for me, it all comes down to your brother. And your brother might be the brother in your family, or it might be the guy next to you in the foxhole, it’s about human connections.
iphone water blackberries
Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies.
painful
It's always better to go personal and painful than to go big.
stories ends
I like to tell stories that have beginnings, middles and ends.
urban-legends obsession lifelong
I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.