Writer Steve Blackman
Steve Blackman is a Canadian television writer, and executive producer.
He is the showrunner of The Umbrella Academy, a Netflix series based on the comic series by Gerard Way. In 2016, Blackman won a Writers Guild of America Award for the second season of Fargo along with his fellow writers. In 2017, he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on Fargo along with other producers.
Steve Blackman | |
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 Blackman in 2011 | |
| Nationality | Canadian, American[citation needed] |
| Occupation(s) | Television writer, television director, television producer, showrunner |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Known for | The Umbrella Academy Fargo Altered Carbon |
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Early life and education
Blackman grew up in Edmonton, Canada. As a law student at the University of Alberta in 1996, he founded Law Show, an annual stage production written and performed by law students. As of 2018, it has raised over $300,000 for local charities. He also attended high school in Edmonton, Canada, at Ross Sheppard High School.
Career
Blackman passed the bar in 1998 and worked briefly as a divorce lawyer. Unhappy as an attorney, he teamed with Greg Ball, another newly-practicing lawyer, and together they created The Associates, a drama series based on their experiences as recent law school graduates. Ball and Blackman pitched and sold the series to CTV at the Banff Television Festival in 1999. When it aired, The Associates was the most expensive television series ever made in Canada. He produced 30 episodes of The Associates, which aired in 2001 and 2002.
In addition to his credits as a writer and producer on television shows, including Bones and Fargo, Blackman served as an executive producer and co-showrunner on Private Practice, Legion, and co-showrunner on Altered Carbon.
On November 9, 2017, Blackman was announced as an executive producer and show-runner of the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
Credits
| Year | Series | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–2002 | The Associates | Co-Creator, Producer (30 episodes) |
| 2003–2005 | Wild Card | Writer, Supervising Producer (36 episodes) |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Writer (1 episode) |
| 2005–2006 | Bones | Writer (3 episodes), Producer (21 episodes) |
| 2007 | Hidden Palms | Writer (1 episode), Producer (8 episodes) |
| 2007–2008 | Las Vegas | Writer (2 episodes), Supervising Producer (19 episodes) |
| 2008–2012 | Private Practice | Co-Showrunner; Writer (10 episodes), Executive Producer (44 episodes) Co-Executive Producer (45 episodes) |
| 2014–2017 | Fargo | Writer (2 episodes), Co-Executive Producer (10 episodes), Consulting Producer (20 episodes) |
| 2016 | Outsiders | Consulting Producer (13 episodes) |
| 2017 | Legion | Executive Producer (4 episodes) |
| 2017–2018 | Altered Carbon | Writer (2 episodes), Executive Producer (10 episodes) |
| 2019–present | The Umbrella Academy | Showrunner, Writer, Executive Producer |
| TBA | Horizon | Showrunner, video game adaptation |
| Orbital | Showrunner |
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