Biography
Chris Ruppenthal is an American television writer and producer. Born John Christian Ruppenthal on 1 June 1955 in Coral Gables, Florida, he earned an A.B. from Harvard University in 1976 and an M.A. from the USC Film School.
Ruppenthal has written for series including Moonlighting (1985), Quantum Leap (1989), The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993), The X-Files (1993), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993), The Outer Limits (1995) and The Pretender (1996). He has also worked as a producer or supervising producer on several of these programmes and teaches at UCLA Extension and for LAUSD.
