Steven S. DeKnight

Steven S. DeKnight Biography

Steven S. DeKnight is an American screenwriter for film and television, television producer, television director, comic book author, and film director.

Career

He is best known for being the creator, head writer, and executive producer of the Starz series Spartacus, including Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance, and Spartacus: War of the Damned.

DeKnight previously worked on Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Angel. He also wrote "Swell", a story in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer season eight comic series, and served as a consulting producer on Joss Whedon's television series Dollhouse.

In May 2014, DeKnight was reported to be taking over showrunning duties for the first season on the Netflix exclusive television series Daredevil from Drew Goddard, after Goddard's departure due to scheduling conflicts with directing Sinister Six. He was later replaced by Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez to serve as co-showrunners for the second season of the series.

In 2015, DeKnight joined the Transformers Cinematic Universe franchise's writers room, where Paramount Studios hired multiple noted screenwriters to fleshout the future of the film series.. In February 2016, it was announced that he would take over directing duties of Pacific Rim Uprising from Guillermo del Toro, while the latter will remain on the film in the role of producer.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
2018	Pacific Rim Uprising				Feature film directorial debut; Co-screenwriter with Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and T.S. Nowlin; Story co-written with T.S Nowlin

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