---
name: "Steven Maeda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steven-maeda"
fi1m_id: "steven-maeda"
imdb_id: "nm0535348"
tmdb_id: 1225826
wikidata_id: "Q3445068"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 September 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:05:47.904993+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."
---

# Steven Maeda

## Identity

Steven Maeda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steven-maeda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steven-maeda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0535348
- **TMDB ID:** 1225826
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3445068
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Maeda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3445068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1225826

Writer. Born 7 September 1970 in Santa Monica.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 September 1970, Santa Monica
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md), [Matt Earl Beesley](https://film.one/person/matt-earl-beesley.md), [Robert Mandel](https://film.one/person/robert-mandel.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Maeda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3445068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1225826

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84), [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Steven Maeda is an American television writer and producer. He began his career in the late 1990s writing episodes of *Harsh Realm* before joining the staff of *The X-Files* (2000–2002) as a writer and story editor.

Maeda later worked as a writer and producer on series including *CSI: Miami* (2002–2005), *Lost* (2005–2006), *Day Break* (2006–2007), *Lie to Me* (2009), *Unforgettable* (2011–2012), *Helix* (2014–2015) and *Salvation* (2017). The *Lost* writing staff, including Maeda, received a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2006. He served as executive producer and showrunner on *Helix* and as co-showrunner and executive producer on the first season of *One Piece* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *ONE PIECE* (2023), series, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Salvation* (2017), series, Writer
- *Helix* (2014), series, Writer
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, Writer
- *Miami Medical* (2010), series, Executive Producer
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story
- *Day Break* (2006), series, Writer
- *Lost* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Story
- *Harsh Realm* (1999), series, Writer
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

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