Chris Rafferty

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Chris Rafferty
OccupationTelevision writer
Years active2009 - present

Chris Rafferty is an American television writer.

Life and career

He was born in Maryland, and is the oldest of three brothers. From a young age he was drawn to illustrating for comic books and the complex characters within them. He wrote a spec script for Buffy the Vampire Slayer as his first work in television. [1]

Contents

He participated in the 2014 Warner Bros. Writers Workshop. [1]

The Flash

In summer 2014, Rafferty was hired as a writer on The CW's The Flash . His first script, co-written with co-executive producer Jaime Paglia, was the freshman season episode "The Flash is Born." [2]

Lucifer

In 2016, Rafferty began writing for another comic book television adaptation in Fox’s Lucifer . His writing debut for the show was the ninth episode of the first season, titled "A Priest Walks into a Bar."

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chris Rafferty". Warner Bros.com. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  2. "Episode Title: (#106) "The Flash is Born"". The Futon Critic . Retrieved November 18, 2014.

Chris Rafferty at IMDb