Eric Kripke

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Eric Kripke
Eric Kripke at the 2006 William S. Paley Film Festival's Supernatural panel.
Born	April 24, 1974 Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, Television director, Television producer

Eric Kripke or 'The Kripmeister'(born April 24, 1974) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is mostly known for creating the television series Supernatural.

A 1992 graduate of Syvania (Ohio) Southview Highschool, Eric showed great interest in cinema at a young age making many home movies with his friends, showing them to students at Southview after completion. After graduating from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1996^[1], Kripke wrote and directed two 1997 films, Battle of the Sexes and Truly Committed. He later developed and wrote for the The WB's 2003 television series Tarzan, which was cancelled after eight episodes, and followed this by writing the 2005 film Boogeyman.

In 2005, Kripke created the series Supernatural and currently serves as writer and executive producer on the series. Supernatural first aired on The WB. It now airs on The CW, the network created by the merger of UPN and The WB on September 15, 2006.