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.

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

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.

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.

Filmography