Eric Kripke is an American writer, director, and producer born on April 24, 1974. He has been writing, directing, and producing since 1997. He is best known as the creator of the hit series horror-drama
Supernatural for
The WB/The CW, chronicling the gruesome adventures of monster hunting brothers
Dean and Sam Winchester, and later as the creator and showrunner of
Amazon Prime's
live-action show adaptation of the comic book
The Boys by
Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, detailing
Anti-Hero Billy Butcher's quest for vengeance and combating a team of corrupt celebrity superheroes dubbed the Seven, alongside the hapless
Hughie Campbell.
Works that he has been credited for:
- The Adjustment Bureau: Associate producer
- Battle of the Sexes: Director, Writer
- Boogeyman (2005): Co-producer, Co-writer
- Boogeyman 2: Writer
- Boogeyman 3: Writer
- Deadman: Executive producer, Writer
- Ghostfacers: Executive producer - 10 episodes, Writer
- Haunted: Director, Executive producer, Writer
- The House With a Clock in Its Walls (2018) - Writer, Producer
- Revolution: Executive producer - 12 episodes, Writer
- Supernatural: Creator; Director, Executive consultant - 46 episodes, Executive producer - 130 episodes, Writer
- Supernatural: The Animation: Writer
- Tarzan: Co-executive producer - 8 episodes, Writer
- Timeless: Creator along with Shawn Ryan - 27 episodes
- Truly Committed: Director, Writer
- The Boys (2019): Showrunner, Executive producer
