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
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.
beliefs family gods guy human might next religion
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.
chickens
I've never counted my chickens before they've hatched.
growing-up thinking interesting
I'm mostly coming at the superhero legends as an outsider, I know them and I studied them but I didn't really grow up with them, but I think it allows me to sort of analyze them in a way that's kind of interesting.
fun character thinking
The ability to get inside your character's head in a graphic novel is really fun and useful because one, you can really define the character's voice and two, it's a way easier way to convey what the character's thinking by actually laying out what he's thinking.
culture pop-culture pops
It's hard to make a lot of pop culture references where there's no pop culture.
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.
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.