Steven S. DeKnight

Steven S DeKnight born October 28 1965 is an American filmmaker and comic book writer 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 as well as developing the first season of Marvels Daredevil and Jupiters Legacy for Netflix 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 He served as a consulting producer on Joss Whedons television series Dollhouse In May 2014 DeKnight reportedly took over show running duties for the first season of the Netflix exclusive television series Daredevil from Drew Goddard after Goddards departure due to scheduling conflicts with directing Sinister Six Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez later replaced him to serve as coshowrunners for the series second season In 2015 DeKnight joined the Transformers Cinematic Universe franchises writers room where Paramount Pictures hired multiple noted screenwriters to flesh out the film series future He directed the science fiction sequel Pacific Rim Uprising The original films director Guillermo del Toro remained on the film as producer On July 17 2018 it was announced that DeKnight would be credited as a showrunner and executive producer alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Dan McDermott in the superhero series Jupiters Legacy On September 16 2019 it was confirmed that DeKnight departed the series as a showrunner over creative differences amid the first seasons production On April 15 2019 DeKnight joined a host of other writers in firing their agents as part of the WGAs stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging In November 2023 Starz greenlighted the new 10episode drama series Spartacus House of Ashur with the return of DeKnight to the franchise serving as showrunner and executive producer Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven S DeKnight licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia