Rachel Kondo

Rachel Kondo is an American writer and television supervising producer. Her short story "Girl of Few Seasons" was a finalist for the O. Henry Award. Alongside her husband Justin Marks, she is also an executive producer for the 2024 adaptation of Shōgun.^[1]

Early life and career

Kondo is of Japanese descent.^[2] She grew up in Pukalani, Hawaii. Kondo pursued her Master of Fine Arts at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.^[3] During her time there, she was a finalist for the 2014 Keene Prize for Literature and received part of the $50,000 runner-up prize.^[4]

Alongside her husband Justin Marks, she is a writer and executive producer for the 2024 re-adaptation of Shōgun.^[2] That same year, Kondo was recognized by Gold House as one of the year's Most Impactful Asians, alongside the show's stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai.^[5]

Awards and nominations


Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2024	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	Shōgun	Won	^[6]
		Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Shōgun Episode: "Crimson Sky" w/ Caillin Puente	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Shōgun Episode: "Anjin" w/ Justin Marks	Nominated
2025	Peabody Awards	Entertainment	Shōgun	Won	^[7]
2025	British Academy Television Awards	Best International Programme	Shōgun	Won	^[8]
2025	Writers Guild of America Awards	Television: Dramatic Series	the writing staff of Shōgun	Won	^[9]
		Television: New Series	the writing staff of Shōgun	Won
		Television: Episodic Drama	Episode: "Anjin" w/ Justin Marks	Won

References

^ D'Addario, Daniel (February 8, 2024). "'Shōgun': How a Decade of False Starts, Endless Translation Debates and One Star-Turned-Producer Made a Classic Story Relevant to a 21st Century Audience". Variety. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Andreeva, Nellie (January 23, 2020). "'Shōgun' "Re-Adaptation" With Writer Justin Marks Headed To Production At FX". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ "Success: Writers' Program Alum a Finalist for Prestigious Keene Prize". uclaextension.edu. UCLA. July 31, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ "College of Liberal Arts Awards Keene Prize for Literature to Michener Center Graduate Student". news.utexas.edu. May 1, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ Thompson, Jack Dunn, Selena Kuznikov, Jazz Tangcay, Jaden; Dunn, Jack; Kuznikov, Selena; Tangcay, Jazz; Thompson, Jaden (2024-05-01). "Keanu Reeves, Jung Kook, Hayao Miyazaki Among Gold House's A100 Honorees". Variety. Archived from the original on 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Pedersen, Erik (2024-09-16). "Emmy Awards: 'Hacks' Wins Comedy Series Prize As 'The Bear', 'Shōgun' & 'Baby Reindeer' Lead Field – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
^ "85th Annual Peabody Awards Announce Winners". Peabody Awards. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
^ "Winners Announced: 2025 BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises". BAFTA. 11 May 2025. Archived from the original on 11 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
^ Maas, Michael Schneider,Jennifer (16 February 2025). "'Shogun,' 'Hacks,' 'Anora,' 'Nickel Boys' Land Top Honors at Writers Guild Awards 2025 (Full Winners List)". Variety.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Rachel Kondo at IMDb

[1] D'Addario, Daniel (February 8, 2024). "'Shōgun': How a Decade of False Starts, Endless Translation Debates and One Star-Turned-Producer Made a Classic Story Relevant to a 21st Century Audience". Variety. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

[Andreeva-2] Andreeva, Nellie (January 23, 2020). "'Shōgun' "Re-Adaptation" With Writer Justin Marks Headed To Production At FX". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[Keene-3] "Success: Writers' Program Alum a Finalist for Prestigious Keene Prize". uclaextension.edu. UCLA. July 31, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[4] "College of Liberal Arts Awards Keene Prize for Literature to Michener Center Graduate Student". news.utexas.edu. May 1, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[5] Thompson, Jack Dunn, Selena Kuznikov, Jazz Tangcay, Jaden; Dunn, Jack; Kuznikov, Selena; Tangcay, Jazz; Thompson, Jaden (2024-05-01). "Keanu Reeves, Jung Kook, Hayao Miyazaki Among Gold House's A100 Honorees". Variety. Archived from the original on 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[6] Pedersen, Erik (2024-09-16). "Emmy Awards: 'Hacks' Wins Comedy Series Prize As 'The Bear', 'Shōgun' & 'Baby Reindeer' Lead Field – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-22.

[7] "85th Annual Peabody Awards Announce Winners". Peabody Awards. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.

[8] "Winners Announced: 2025 BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises". BAFTA. 11 May 2025. Archived from the original on 11 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.

[9] Maas, Michael Schneider,Jennifer (16 February 2025). "'Shogun,' 'Hacks,' 'Anora,' 'Nickel Boys' Land Top Honors at Writers Guild Awards 2025 (Full Winners List)". Variety.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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1960s	William Spier for "The Unhired Assassin" (1960) Barry Trivers for "The Fault in Our Stars" (1961) Howard A. Rodman and Kenneth M. Rosen for "Today the Man Who Kills The Ants is Coming" (1962) Lawrence B. Marcus for "Man Out of Time" (1963) Arnold Perl for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) John D. F. Black for "With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord!" (1965) David Ellis for "No Justice for the Judge" (1966) Harlan Ellison for "The City on the Edge of Forever" (1967) Robert Lewin for "To Kill a Madman" (1968) Robert Lewin for "An Elephant in a Cigar Box" (1969)
1970s	David W. Rintels for "A Continual Roar of Musketry" (1970) Herb Bermann & Thomas Y. Drake & Jerrold Freedman & Bo May for "Par for the Course" (1971) Herman Miller for "King of the Mountain" (1972) Harlan Ellison for "Phoenix Without Ashes" (1973) Jim Byrnes for "Thirty a Month and Found" (1974) Stephen Kandel & Arthur Ross for "Prior Consent" (1975) Loring Mandel for "Crossing Fox River" (1976) Mark Rodgers for "Pressure Point" (1977) Seth Freeman for "Prisoner" (1978) Leon Tokatyan for "Vet" (1979)
1980s	Stephen J. Cannell for "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1980) Steven Bochco & Michael Kozoll for "Hill Street Station" (1981) Michael Wagner for "The World According to Freedom" (1982) David Milch for "Trial By Fury" (1983) Steven Bochco & Mark Frost & Karen Hall & Jeff Lewis & David Milch & Michael Wagner for "Grace Under Pressure" (1984) Georgia Jeffries for "An Unusual Occurrence" / Anthony Yerkovich for "Brother's Keeper" (1985) Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" / Tom Fontana & John Masius & Bruce Paltrow for "Remembrance of Things Past" (1986) Georgia Jeffries for "Turn, Turn, Turn" / Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "It's a Wonderful Job" (1987) Susan Shilliday for "Therapy" / Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1988) Karl Schaefer for "Rolling" (1989)
1990s	John Sacret Young for "Souvenirs" (1990) Racelle Rosett Schaefer for "Photo Opportunity" (1991) Henry Bromell for "Amazing Grace" (1992) Tom Fontana & Frank Pugliese for "The Night of the Dead Living" (1993) Tom Fontana & David Mills & David Simon for "Bop Gun" (1994) Lance Gentile for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Bill Clark & Theresa Rebeck for "Girl Talk" (1996) René Balcer & Richard Sweren for "Entrapment" (1997) Bill Cain for "Proofs for the Existence Of God" (1998) Jason Cahill for "Meadowlands" (1999)
2000s	Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" (2000) Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens" (2001) Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot" (The Education of Max Bickford) (2002) Evan Katz for "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." (2003) Debora Cahn for "The Supremes" (2004) Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy" (2005) Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer for "Pilot" (Big Love) (2006) Terence Winter for "The Second Coming" (2007) Vince Gilligan for "Pilot" (Breaking Bad) (2008) David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore for "Broken" (2009)
2010s	Erin Levy for "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" (2010) Vince Gilligan for "Box Cutter" / Henry Bromell for "The Good Soldier" (2011) Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner for "The Other Woman" (2012) Gennifer Hutchison for "Confessions" (2013) Robert King & Michelle King for "The Last Call" (2014) Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould for "Uno" (2015) Vera Herbert for "The Trip" (2016) Gordon Smith for "Chicanery" (2017) Alex Gansa for "Paean to the People" (2018) Will Tracy for "Tern Haven" (2019)
2020s	Miki Johnson for "Fire Pink" (2020) Tony Roche and Susan Soon He Stanton for "Retired Janitors of Idaho" (2021) Thomas Schnauz for "Plan and Execution" (2022) Georgia Pritchett and Will Arbery for "Living+" (2023) Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks for "Anjin" (2024) R. Scott Gemmill for "7:00 A.M." (2025)

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