---
name: "Rajiv Joseph"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rajiv-joseph"
fi1m_id: "rajiv-joseph"
imdb_id: "nm4396670"
tmdb_id: 1274506
wikidata_id: "Q7286231"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 June 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:59:20.309553+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."
---

# Rajiv Joseph

## Identity

Rajiv Joseph

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rajiv-joseph
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rajiv-joseph
- **IMDb ID:** nm4396670
- **TMDB ID:** 1274506
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7286231
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Joseph, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7286231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4396670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274506

Writer. Born 16 June 1974 in Cleveland.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 June 1974, Cleveland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Joseph, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7286231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4396670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274506

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied creative writing at Miami University and earned an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He served in the Peace Corps in Senegal before moving to New York to pursue playwriting.

Joseph is known for stage works including *Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo* (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, 2010) and *Guards at the Taj* and *Describe the Night* (Obie Awards for Best New American Play). He has written for television, including episodes of *Nurse Jackie*, and contributed teleplays to the series *Little America* (2020) and *Welcome to Chippendales* (2022). His screenwriting credits include the films *Draft Day* (2014) and *Army of One* (2016), as well as episodes of *Extrapolations* (2023) and *Dear Edward* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ebsco.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, Writer
- *Dear Edward* (2023), series, Story, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer
- *Welcome to Chippendales* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay
- *Little America* (2020), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *Army of One* (2016), Co-Producer, Writer
- *Draft Day* (2014), Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Paula Vogel Playwriting Award 2009: Paula Vogel Playwriting Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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