Rafe Judkins

Rafe Judkins
Born
Rafe Lee Judkins

(1983-01-08) January 8, 1983 (age 41)
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 Mormon family. He attended Brown University.[1]

Survivor

Judkins participated in Survivor: Guatemala in the Fall of 2005.[citation needed]

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.[2] After a stint on Hemlock Grove he began writing for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..[3]

The Wheel of Time

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

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

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

  1. ^ Horiuchi, Vince (December 1, 2005). "Gay Mormon gets real on 'Survivor'". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Rafe Judkins Q&A – Chuck vs. the Podcast". www.chuckpodcast.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  3. ^ "Meet the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Writing Team". ShieldTV. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ^ Otterson, Joe (20 April 2017). "'Wheel of Time' TV Series Lands at Sony".
  5. ^ Clarke, Stewart (2018-05-21). "Michael Douglas, Ava DuVernay, David Simon Board New Shows for Atrium TV". Variety. Retrieved 2018-06-15.