Steven S. DeKnight

Birth Name:

Steven S. DeKnight

Birth Place:

Millville, New Jersey, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director

Worked as an English as a Second Language teacher while pursuing his writing career
Quote: "You can't be afraid to kill your characters if the story requires it․ It doesn't matter how popular they are, or how angry people will get․ If it works for the story, you should do it․"
Quote: "This may sound counterintuitive, but I think one of the things that really makes a great TV show is that you can't create from a place of fear․ You can't create while worrying about what the audience will and won't like․"
Perhaps best known for his work on the "Spartacus" series on Starz
His early passion was acting, with a love for TV and the movies, and acting while in high school

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