Chris Ruppenthal (born as John Christian Ruppenthal on June 1, 1955) is an American television and film writer based in Hollywood, California.
Life and career
Born and raised in Coral Gables, Florida, Ruppenthal received an A.B. Degree from Harvard University in 1976 where he was an Editor of the Harvard Lampoon as well as a member of The Delphic Club and The Hasty Pudding where he performed in three of the famous Hasty Pudding travesty musicals. Following Harvard he worked for a time in New York City in advertising before moving to California to pursue a writing career. He received an M.A. degree from the USC Film School.
Amongst his vast resume as a television producer, Ruppenthal has served as a producer/co-producer for the NBC-TV series Quantum Leap, as co-executive producer of The Outer Limits and Silk Stalkings (which he also wrote scripts for) TV series, also as supervising producer of ABC-TV's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (of also he wrote episodes for), CBS-TV's Touched by an Angel, Harts of the West and Covington Cross; and has writing credits for Blade: The Series, Avalon: Beyond the Abyss, NBC's The Pretender, FOX-TV's The X-Files, CBS-TV's Touched by an Angel, Harts of the West, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Covington Cross, ABC-TV's Moonlighting, Sledge Hammer! and Max Headroom.
Personal life Ruppenthal currently resides in Baltimore, where he continues to write for television and Works for LAUSD at Berendo Middle Schoolin (the Pico-Union District) and the UCLA Extension School.
Filmography YearShow/CreditRoleNotes/Episodes1987Sledge Hammer!Writer, Story/Teleplay4 episodes1988Max HeadroomWriter1 episode, "Baby Grobags"1989MoonlightingWriter, Teleplay3 episodes1989-1990Quantum LeapWriter, Co-producer, Director64 as producer 10 as writer1992Covington CrossWriter, Supervising Producer3 as writer13 as producer1993Harts of the WestWriter, Supervising Producer1 episode as producer,2 as writer1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Writer1 episode, "Socrates' Sister"1994The X-FilesWriter2 episodes1994Touched By An AngelWriter, Supervising Producer11 episodes as producer2 episodes as writer1995-1996Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanWriter, producer6 episodes as writer22 episodes as producer1996-1997Silk StalkingsWriter, Co-Executive producer6 episodes1997The PretenderWriter, Teleplay 2 episodes 1998-2000The Outer LimitsWriter, co-executive producer, Supervising Producer7 episodes1999Avalon: Beyond the AbyssWriter TV movie 2006Blade: The SeriesWriter1 episode, "Sacrifice"
References
External links
Chris Ruppenthal bio at UCLA Extension weblink (UCLAExtension.edu) Writer's Guild West