Steven Maeda

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Steven Maeda
Occupation(s) Television producer, screenwriter, television writer
Years active2000–present

Steven Maeda is an American television producer and screenwriter. He has written episodes of television series such as Harsh Realm , The X-Files , CSI: Miami , Lost , and Day Break . He has also served as a supervising producer on Lost and CSI: Miami . [1] He was also the executive producer of Lie To Me and is the showrunner for One Piece.

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Career

Maeda joined the crew of Lost as a supervising producer and writer for the series second season in 2005. Maeda and the Lost writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. [2] The writing staff were nominated for the award again at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons. [3] Maeda did not return for the series' third season.

In 2011, Maeda was hired as showrunner of Pan Am , in the middle of its first season. [4] [5] He also served as executive producer and showrunner for Syfy's Helix . In January 2020, He was announced as the showrunner of One Piece , an upcoming Netflix original series based on the manga series by Eiichiro Oda. [6]

Filmography

Year(s)TitleCreditedNote
Writer Executive

producer

Other
2000 Harsh Realm YesYes
2000–2002 The X-Files Yes Story editor
2002–2005 CSI: Miami YesYes
2005–2006 Lost YesYes
2006–2007 Day Break YesYes
2009 Lie to Me YesYes
2010 Miami Medical YesYes
2011–2012 Pan Am Yes Showrunner
2012 Unforgettable YesYes
2014–2015 Helix YesYes Showrunner
2016–2017 Conviction Yes
2018 Salvation YesYes
2023 One Piece [6] YesYes Showrunner

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