Alex Rubens

Alex Rubens is an American writer. He is best known for his work on Key & Peele, Community, and Rick and Morty.^[1]

Life and career

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 two Emmy Award nominations for his work on Key & Peele.^[4][5] He co-wrote the upcoming feature film Keanu with Jordan Peele^[6] and will co-write the feature film Substitute Teacher with Rich Talarico.^[7]

Credits

Film

• Keanu (2016) - co-writer

Television

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
  • "Cooperative Polygraphy"
  • "Lawnmower Maintenance & Postnatal Care"
• Key & Peele (2012–2015) – writer, co-producer
• Rick and Morty (2015) – writer, co-producer
  • "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez"

References

1. IMDb
2. Purple Crayon alumni web site
3. Writers Guild of America, West
4. 2014 Emmy press release
5. 2015 Emmy web site
6. Bowles, Scott. "Key & Peele In New Line Deal For First Joint Film, About Purloined Feline 'Keanu'". Deadline. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
7. Fleming Jr, Mike. "Paramount To Turn Key & Peele’s ‘Substitute Teacher’ Into Feature; Keegan-Michael Key And Jordan Peele To Star". Deadline. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

External links

• Official web site
• Alex Rubens at the Internet Movie Database
• Alex Rubens on Twitter