Rafe Lee Judkins (born January 8, 1983) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He was 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 a 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..
On April 20, 2017, it was announced that Judkins would be 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.
Rafe Judkins, who was announced as showrunner and executive producer for Amazon's upcoming God of War TV series, departed the project in October 2024 due to creative differences. In 2026, he had signed an overall deal with Paramount Television Studios.
Filmography YearTitleCredited asNotesRef.WriterProducerOther2005Survivor: Guatemala Contestant, finished in 3rd place2006The 4400 Writers' assistant2006Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Script coordinator2008My Own Worst Enemy: Conspiracy Theory Wrote: "Dementia"2008My Own Worst Enemy Staff writer, wrote 2 episodes2010–12Chuck Wrote 11 episodesAlso story editor and executive story editor2013Hemlock Grove Co-producer, wrote: "What Peter Can Live Without"2013–15Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Wrote 5 episodesSupervising producer and producer2019Honor Short film2021–25The Wheel of Time Developer2022Uncharted Screenplay and story by
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External links
Rafe Judkins biography for Survivor: Guatemala at CBS.com