Chris Fedak

Christopher Scott Fedak born August 20 1975 is an American television and film writer producer and creator A graduate of the University of Southern California Fedak launched his career in TV during the mid2000s most notably as cocreatoralongside Josh Schwartzof NBCs actioncomedy series Chuck 20072012 He and Schwartz penned the original script for the pilot with Fedak pitching the initial concept and moulding the show into a blend of spy thriller and humour Fedak served as coexecutive producer throughout the series cowriting key episodes including the pilot and was integral in developing its character dynamics and emotional arcs Following Chuck Fedak created and executiveproduced several network series He was a writer and producer on ABCs Forever 20142015 and CWs DCs Legends of Tomorrow 2016 contributing to shaping those shows tones and storytelling In 2018 he cocreated Deception for ABC with Greg Berlanti and others a procedural drama that cast magicians as consultants to law enforcement Fedak served as both writer and executive producer In 2019 Fedak teamed with Sam Sklaver to create Prodigal Son a psychological crime thriller starring Tom Payne and Michael Sheen As cocreator executive producer and writer Fedak guided the show through multiple seasons demonstrating his versatility across genres Transitioning into film Fedak joined the writing team for Michael Bays highoctane feature Ambulance 2022 using it as a case study on crafting compelling action in screenplay form