Alex Rubens (born March 25, 1978) is an American writer. He is best known for his work on Key & Peele, Community, and Rick and Morty.[1]
Life and career edit
Rubens attended Yale University, where he was a member of the improv-comedy group the Purple Crayon.[2] He received a Writers Guild Award for his work on Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas[3] and four Emmy Award nominations for his work on Key & Peele and Rick and Morty.[4] He co-wrote the feature film Keanu with Jordan Peele.[5]
Credits edit
Film edit
- Keanu (2016) – co-writer
Television edit
- Episodes listed are those Rubens has been credited as writing or co-writing
- Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas (2012) – writer
- Community (2014–2015) – writer, executive story editor
- Key & Peele (2012–2015) – writer, co-producer
- Rick and Morty (2015–present) – writer, co-executive producer
- The Last O.G. (2018) – writer, producer
- "Truth Safari"
- Big Mouth (2018) – writer, consulting producer
- "Smooch or Share"
- The Twilight Zone (2019–2020) – writer, executive producer
- "The Comedian"
- "Blurryman"
- "A Human Face"
- "Try, Try"
References edit
- ^ IMDb
- ^ Purple Crayon alumni web site
- ^ Writers Guild of America, West Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Television Academy Database
- ^ Bowles, Scott (20 October 2014). "Key & Peele In New Line Deal For First Joint Film, About Purloined Feline 'Keanu'". Deadline. Retrieved 19 July 2015.