Richard Timothy "Tim" Kring (born July 9, 1957) is a U.S. screenwriter and television producer, best known for his creation of the drama series Strange World, Crossing Jordan, Heroes, and Touch.

Kring is Jewish. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1983.

He got his start as a screenwriter writing for the TV show Knight Rider. One of his earlier projects was cowriter for an episode of Misfits of Science, which, like his later project Heroes, featured superpowered humans as a main theme. Another early project was Teen Wolf Too, cowritten by Jeph Loeb. The two would later reteam when producing Heroes. Kring also cowrote the book Shift: A Novel (Gates of Orpheus Trilogy) with Dale Peck, published in 2010.

After the cancellation of Heroes in 2010, Kring created the TV series Touch, a drama concentrating on a father (Kiefer Sutherland) who discovers his autistic and mute son can predict events. The series premiered on January 25th, 2012 on Fox.

Kring was an Emmy Award nominee in 2007 for Outstanding Drama Series as the producer for Heroes. He was also named one of the Masters of Sci Fi TV for his work on the series.

Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American screenwriter and television producer.

As a contributing writer, Fuller's work has been featured on several shows, including Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, earning twenty-two episode writing credits for the Star Trek franchise. He co-executive-produced and wrote for the first season of the NBC series Heroes. TV Guide named an episode of Heroes which Fuller wrote ("Company Man") one of the 100 greatest in television history.

Fuller is himself a fan of science fiction, and in an interview said that his favorite Star Trek series were the 1960s original, followed by Deep Space Nine, The Next Generation and Voyager. DS9 is his favorite spinoff as "there were lots of new and innovative things going on during Deep Space Nine and that's why it's my favorite of the new series'. It was much more character-based". Fuller worked on the DS9 episodes "The Darkness and the Light" and "Empok Nor".

Fuller has also created several shows. He created the series Dead Like Me and co-created Wonderfalls with Todd Holland. He also wrote the teleplay for the TV adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, and created the pilot for the animated The Amazing Screw-On Head.