Biography
Steven S. DeKnight is an American screenwriter, television producer and director. He began his career as a staff writer on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), later working as a writer and story editor on the show. He subsequently wrote and produced episodes of Angel (1999) and Smallville (2001).
DeKnight created and served as showrunner and head writer on the Starz series Spartacus (2010), including its prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011). He developed and showran the first season of Marvel's Daredevil (2015) for Netflix, and directed and co-wrote the film Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). He also contributed to Dollhouse (2009) and Jupiter's Legacy (2021). He is married to Jaime Slater.
