Stacy Rukeyser

Stacy Rukeyser (born 1970) is an American television writer and producer. Rukeyser landed her first job writing for CBS drama Without A Trace. She was a writer and an executive producer on the ABC Family series Greek, and worked on the series, October Road, Gigantic, One Tree Hill, The Lying Game and Twisted. Rukeyser is the executive producer of the third season of the Lifetime Series Unreal. She also produced the Netflix drama series Sex/Life.

Biography Rukeyser is the daughter of Louis Rukeyser, an American financial journalist, columnist, and host of the influential television show Wall Street Week.

Rukeyser graduated cum laude from Princeton University. She also studied at the Warner Bros Dramatic Writing Workshop.

Rukeyser published an article in The Hollywood Reporter about the hostile environment for women in Hollywood. She specifically commented on instances of sexism she experienced while working on the series One Tree Hill, where she was the only female writer for the show, most notably when her coworkers called her names, conspired to install a hot tub on set, and went to lunch trips to Hooters. Rukeyser has commented to Refinery29 that 80% of television shows are run by men and noted the change in media needs to start in the writers rooms. In addition, she commented on the need to talk about "the gender pay gap, oppressive work environments, the lack of reasonable maternity leave policies, and every other issue that stands as a barrier to women in all industries."

Rukeyser married her husband Clark Peterson in 2010. The couple have two children.

Awards 2015 Peabody Award for Unreal AFI Award for Unreal

Filmography 1997: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, actor 2002: Without a Trace, writer 2004: Fearless, writer 2005–2006: One Tree Hill, writer and story editor 2006: Standoff, writer and executive story editor 2007: October Road, writer and co-producer 2010: Gigantic, writer and co-executive producer 2011: ABC Family series Greek, writer and co-executive producer 2011–2013: The Lying Game, writer and co-executive producer 2014: Twisted, co-executive producer, writer 2015–2018: Unreal, executive producer, writer 2021: Sex/Life, creator, executive producer, writer