[2][3] King met Michelle Stern in 1983 when as a senior at UCLA she worked part-time at FrontRunners athletic shoe store.

[5] King began his career writing the science fiction horror film The Nest (1988), and co-wrote Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge, Under the Boardwalk and Bloodfist (all 1989).

[6] King continued to write feature films throughout the 1990s, including Clean Slate, Speechless, Cutthroat Island and Red Corner.

King and the writing staff were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for The Good Wife.

[11] Robert and Michelle King also created and produced the comedy thriller drama series BrainDead, which aired on CBS on June 13, 2016 through October 17, 2016 before it was cancelled.