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| Rafe Judkins | |
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| Born | Rafe Lee Judkins (1983-01-08) January 8, 1983 (age 42) 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
Judkins was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a large family. He attended Brown University.
Survivor
Judkins participated in Survivor: Guatemala in the Fall of 2005.
Television career
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. Some of the episodes for which he has credited with writing include Chuck Versus the Tic Tac, Chuck Versus the Honeymooners, Chuck Versus the First Fight, Chuck Versus the Push Mix, and the first of half of the series finale Chuck Versus Sarah. After a stint on Hemlock Grove he began writing for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Wheel of Time Showrunner
On April 20, 2017, it was announced that Judkins would be writing and showrunning the TV adaptation of The Wheel of Time. 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.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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| 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
- ^ Watch 055 - Renewal, Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFranc | Chuck vs. the Podcast Episodes | Entertainment Videos | Blip Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- "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
- 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
- LGBT people from Pennsylvania
- LGBT people from Utah
- Living people
- Survivor (American TV series) contestants
- Writers from Pittsburgh
- Writers from Salt Lake City
- Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
- Screenwriters from Utah
- Sewickley Academy alumni