Tim Story

Timothy Kevin Story born March 13 1970 is an American film director He is best known for Barbershop 2002 Fantastic Four 2005 Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007 and the Ride Along franchise He has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Feature FilmTelevision Movie in 2006 and 2013 He is a Los Angeles native and the founder of The Story Company a production company cofounded with his future wife Vicky in 1996 He is the first AfricanAmerican film director to have grossed over one billion USD at the box office