Rafe Judkins
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Rafe Judkins | |
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| Born | Rafe Lee Judkins January 8, 1983 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Television writer, television producer, screenwriter |
Rafe Lee Judkins (born January 8, 1983) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is the showrunner for the Amazon Prime Video television series The Wheel of Time, has several writing credits for TV, and appeared as a contestant on the 11th season of Survivor, which took place in Guatemala.
Early life
[edit]Judkins was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a large Mormon family. He attended Brown University.[1]
Survivor
[edit]Judkins participated in Survivor: Guatemala in the Fall of 2005.[citation needed]
Television career
[edit]After Survivor, Judkins moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in screenwriting. He was staffed on the short-lived Christian Slater drama, My Own Worst Enemy, and then was writer on the third season of Chuck.[2] After a stint on Hemlock Grove he began writing for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..[3]
The Wheel of Time
[edit]On April 20, 2017, it was announced that Judkins would be writing and showrunning the TV adaptation of The Wheel of Time.[4]
The Last Amazons
[edit]In May 2018, it was announced that Judkins was showrunning and writing The Last Amazons alongside director/executive producer Ava DuVernay, a television show about the real Amazon women in ancient Greece.[5]
Filmography
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (October 2023) |
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | Other | |||
| 2005 | Survivor: Guatemala | No | No | Yes | Contestant, finished in 3rd place |
| 2006 | The 4400 | No | No | Yes | Writers' assistant |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | No | No | Yes | Script coordinator |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy: Conspiracy Theory | Yes | No | No | Wrote: "Dementia" |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | Yes | No | Yes | Staff writer, wrote 2 episodes |
| 2010–12 | Chuck | Yes | No | Yes | Wrote 11 episodes Also story editor and executive story editor |
| 2013 | Hemlock Grove | Yes | Yes | No | Co-producer, wrote: "What Peter Can Live Without" |
| 2013–15 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Yes | Yes | No | Wrote 5 episodes Supervising producer and producer |
| 2019 | Honor | Yes | Executive | No | Short film |
| 2021–present | The Wheel of Time | Yes | Executive | Yes | Developer |
| 2022 | Uncharted | Yes | No | No | Screenplay and story by |
References
[edit]- ^ Horiuchi, Vince (December 1, 2005). "Gay Mormon gets real on 'Survivor'". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Rafe Judkins Q&A – Chuck vs. the Podcast". www.chuckpodcast.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "Meet the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Writing Team". ShieldTV. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (20 April 2017). "'Wheel of Time' TV Series Lands at Sony".
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (2018-05-21). "Michael Douglas, Ava DuVernay, David Simon Board New Shows for Atrium TV". Variety. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
External links
[edit]- Rafe Judkins at IMDb
- Rafe Judkins biography for Survivor: Guatemala at CBS.com
- 1983 births
- American television writers
- American male television writers
- Brown University alumni
- Former Latter Day Saints
- American gay writers
- LGBTQ people from Pennsylvania
- LGBTQ people from Utah
- Living people
- Writers from Pittsburgh
- Writers from Salt Lake City
- Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
- Screenwriters from Utah
- Sewickley Academy alumni