Steven DeKnightSteven S. DeKnight attended the University of California at Santa Cruz where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts and went on to earn an M.F.A. in playwriting from UCLA. He got his start in the entertainment industry as a staff write on the groundbreaking television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He then wrote, directed, and produced on the series Angel, Smallville, and Dollhouse before creating and running Spartacus for the premium cable channel Starz. From there he executive produced and showran season one of the acclaimed Marvel/Netflix series Daredevil. He made his feature directorial debut with Pacific Rim: Uprising, the sequel to Guillermo del Toro's international hit. He is currently in production on the Spartacus spinoff series House of Ashur for Lionsgate and Starz. Read More Read Less