Steve Lightfoot

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Steve Lightfoot
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Steve Lightfoot at the
2014 San Diego Comic-Con
OccupationTelevision writer, producer

Steve Lightfoot (sometimes credited as Steven Lightfoot or Robert Scott Fraser) is a British television writer and producer who worked as an executive producer and writer on the NBC thriller television series Hannibal , the Netflix series The Punisher and, recently, the Netflix thriller miniseries Behind Her Eyes and Shantaram .

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Education

Lightfoot graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in creative writing. [1]

Television career

Since the early 2000s, Lightfoot has worked on a number of high-profile television series as a producer and writer, including Casualty , Taggart , House of Saddam , Camelot , Transporter: The Series , Hannibal , and Narcos . He also serves as showrunner for The Punisher . On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Lightfoot would be credited as an executive producer and writer in the Netflix thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes . [2] [3]

In 2022, Steve co-created Shantaram for Apple TV+ with Eric Warren Singer which aired from 14 October 2022 and concluded on 16 December 2022. The show was canceled after one season.

He is, along with Oren Uziel, co-showrunner and executive producer of the upcoming series Spider-Noir , starring Nicolas Cage, a live-action adaptation of the superhero Spider-Man Noir. [4]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

In 2009, Lightfoot was nominated for a BAFTA Award for producing House of Saddam. [5]

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References

  1. "Steve Lightfoot". Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. "Netflix orders limited drama series Behind Her Eyes". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. Clarke, Stewart (25 January 2019). "'The Crown' Producers Making Psychological Thriller 'Behind Her Eyes' for Netflix". Variety. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. "Nicolas Cage to Star in Spider-Man Noir Live-Action Series at MGM+, Amazon Prime Video".
  5. "House of Saddam". Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2014.