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.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

In 2009, Lightfoot was nominated for a BAFTA Award for producing House of Saddam. [4]

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"Mukōzuke" is the fifth episode of the second season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. It is the 18th overall episode of the series and was written by Ayanna A. Floyd, executive producer Steve Lightfoot and series creator Bryan Fuller, and directed by executive producer Michael Rymer. It was first broadcast on March 28, 2014, on NBC.

"Futamono" is the sixth episode of the second season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. It is the 19th overall episode of the series and was written by Andy Black, series creator Bryan Fuller, co-executive producer Scott Nimerfro and executive producer Steve Lightfoot from a story by Black, and directed by Tim Hunter. It was first broadcast on April 4, 2014, on NBC.

"Yakimono" is the seventh episode of the second season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. It is the 20th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Steve Lightfoot and series creator Bryan Fuller, and directed by executive producer Michael Rymer. It was first broadcast on April 11, 2014, on NBC.

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Shantaram is an American-Australian drama thriller television series created by Eric Warren Singer and Steve Lightfoot, based on the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. The story drew inspiration from Roberts' own life, which is about a bank robber from Australia who flees the country to India. The series consists of twelve episodes directed by Bharat Nalluri, Iain B. MacDonald and Bronwen Hughes. Steve Lightfoot joined as showrunner after Eric Warren Singer departed the project. It is produced by Fair Honest Positive Creative, The 4 Keys, Bohemian Risk Productions, Square Head Productions, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television Studios and was distributed by Apple Inc. for their streaming service, Apple TV+. The series premiered on 14 October 2022 and concluded on 16 December 2022. In December 2022, the series was cancelled after one season.

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. "House of Saddam". Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2014.