John Tinker
WriterBorn 1958Active 2017–2020
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3Hallmark films
1 at Christmas
Audience rating6.6 / 10
across 3 rated films
Weirdness3.7 / 10
Mostly standard issue
Best reviewed
Everything John has done for Hallmark, from Love Locks (2017) right through to A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love (2020).
Follow & about John
Award
- Emmy Award
John Tinker is an American television producer and writer. He is the co-creator of the CBS drama Judging Amy and has been an executive producer and writer on American television shows including NBC's St. Elsewhere, the CBS drama Chicago Hope, the ABC drama The Practice, and the NBC drama The Book of Daniel. He developed the television series Chesapeake Shores for the Hallmark Channel and was the executive producer and co-writer on the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Love Locks. He was the showrunner/writer/executive producer of When Calls the Heart for its eighth and ninth seasons.
John’s signature
- second-chance romance2 films
- a love triangle2 films
Recurring roles
John is a recurring face in A Godwink Christmas.
All 3 movies
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In pictures
A quick look at John’s Hallmark run — headshot and the posters fans know best.
- John Tinker
Who John works with
The cast and crew John keeps ending up on set with — the regular faces you’ll recognise from one film to the next. Bigger circle, more films together.
