Steve Blackman (writer)

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Steve Blackman
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Blackman in 2011
NationalityCanadian, American
Occupation(s)Television writer, television director[ citation needed ], television producer, showrunner
Years active1999–present
Known for The Umbrella Academy
Fargo
Altered Carbon
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Blackman in 2020

Steve Blackman is a Canadian television screenwriter, and executive producer. [1] He is the showrunner of The Umbrella Academy , a Netflix series based on the comic series by Gerard Way. [2] In 2016, Blackman won a Writers Guild of America Award for the second season of Fargo along with his fellow writers. [3] In 2017, he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on Fargo along with other producers. [4]

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Early and personal life

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. [5]

After his show The Umbrella Academy was being accused of antisemitism, he claimed to be Jewish. [6] [7] [8]

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. [9] When it aired, The Associates was the most expensive television series ever made in Canada. [10] [11] 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. [12] [13] [14] [15]

On November 9, 2017, Blackman was announced as an executive producer and show-runner of the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy . [16]

Credits

YearSeriesCredits
2001–2002 The Associates Co-Creator, Producer (30 episodes) [10]
2003–2005 Wild Card Writer, Supervising Producer (36 episodes) [17]
2004 NYPD Blue Writer (1 episode) [18]
2005–2006 Bones Writer (3 episodes), Producer (21 episodes) [19]
2007 Hidden Palms Writer (1 episode), Producer (8 episodes) [20] [21]
2007–2008 Las Vegas Writer (2 episodes), Supervising Producer (19 episodes) [22]
2008–2012 Private Practice Co-Showrunner; [23] 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) [24] [25] [26]
2016 Outsiders Consulting Producer (13 episodes) [27]
2017 Legion Executive Producer (4 episodes) [14]
2017–2018 Altered Carbon Writer (2 episodes), Executive Producer (10 episodes) [15]
2019–present The Umbrella Academy Showrunner, [28] Writer, Executive Producer [29]
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