---
name: "Francis Weiss Rabkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francis-weiss-rabkin"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T11:56:32.891976+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Francis Weiss Rabkin

Writer. Born in Chicago.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11902988/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3309895

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dickinson*](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md) (68)

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## Biography

Francis Weiss Rabkin is a playwright and television writer. They grew up in Chicago and graduated from Wesleyan University in 2008 with a BA in English. Rabkin spent a decade working in New York theatre, co-founding the performance collective Tight Braid Group and receiving fellowships including the New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellowship.

Rabkin wrote for the third season of the Apple TV+ series *Dickinson* (2019), serving as staff writer on ten episodes and co-writing one episode with creator Alena Smith. Their stage work includes the plays *Won’t Be a Ghost* (2016) and *Yay! Synchronicity in the Universe* (2013). They are a founding member of the WGA Transgender subcommittee.

*Sources: imdb.com, static1.squarespace.com, instagram.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dickinson* (2019), Fi1m 68, Writer, Staff Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dickinson* (2019), series, Staff Writer, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)

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