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Steven Kane(I)

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Steven Kane is an American television and theater writer, producer and director.

Personal Life: Steve Kane was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where he graduated from Cherry Hill High School West as a proud member of the 1985 and 1986 New Jersey Knowledge Bowl Championship Teams. His prog-rock band, Next Century, almost came in third in back to back "Battle of the Bands" contests (Kane played key-tar) but he did manage to win consecutive "Best Director" awards in the school's annual One Act Play festival.

Flush with these early successes, Kane went on to major in English and French at the University of Pennsylvania before attending graduate film school at the University of Southern California. His USC Masters Thesis, a short film entitled Heroic Symphony, garnered awards at film festivals around the country.

Kane got his start in the entertainment industry writing and directing independent film and theater. His first feature film, The Doghouse, won Best Director at the NY Indy Film Festival. His collection of One Act plays, "Out of Your Mind," had a successful run in Los Angeles at the GuerriLA Theater.

His television credits as a writer, producer, and director include The Closer (for which he received an Edgar Nomination), Major Crimes, Alias, NCIS, and Without a Trace, as well as comedies American Dad and Curb Your Enthusiasm. From 2012-2018, he served as Creator, Executive Producer, and showrunner of TNT's The Last Ship, a post-apocalyptic drama based on William Brinkley's novel of the same name. He went on to co-create and showrun HALO for Showtime/Paramount Plus, living and working in Hungary for over two years. Upon his return, Kane ran the fourth season of JACK RYAN on Amazon Prime.

Kane lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.
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    Pablo Schreiber in Halo (2022)
    Halo
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Producer(showrunner)
    The Doghouse
    8.0
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
    The Last Ship
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Producer(showrunner)
    Kyra Sedgwick, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, and Corey Reynolds in The Closer (2005)
    The Closer
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    • Faces of THE CITY (2025)
      Faces of THE CITY
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2025
    • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
      Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Pablo Schreiber in Halo (2022)
      Halo
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • 2022
    • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
      The Last Ship
      7.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014–2018
    • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
      American Dad!
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • consulting producer
      • 2013–2014
    • Kyra Sedgwick, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, and Corey Reynolds in The Closer (2005)
      The Closer
      7.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • co-producer
      • 2008–2012
    • The Doghouse
      8.0
      • producer
      • 2000
    • Heroic Symphony
      7.0
      • executive producer
      • 1995

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    • Pablo Schreiber in Halo (2022)
      Halo
      7.3
      TV Series
      • developed for television by
      • developed by
      • written by (creator) ...
      • 2022–2024
    • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
      Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
      8.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2023
    • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
      The Last Ship
      7.4
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by
      • teleplay by (creator) ...
      • 2014–2018
    • Adam Baldwin, Eric Dane, and Rhona Mitra in The Last Ship Prequel: Dr. Scott's Video Journal (2014)
      The Last Ship Prequel: Dr. Scott's Video Journal
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2014–2018
    • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
      Major Crimes
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2012
    • Kyra Sedgwick, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, and Corey Reynolds in The Closer (2005)
      The Closer
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay
      • writer
      • 2006–2012
    • Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)
      Alias
      7.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, Gary Cole, Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
      NCIS
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Colin Salmon and Mark Valley in Keen Eddie (2003)
      Keen Eddie
      8.4
      TV Series
      • staff writer
      • written by
      • 2003–2004
    • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anthony LaPaglia, Josh Hopkins, Enrique Murciano, Eric Close, Poppy Montgomery, and Roselyn Sanchez in Without a Trace (2002)
      Without a Trace
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2003
    • The Doghouse
      8.0
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • Heroic Symphony
      7.0
      • Writer
      • 1995

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    • Kyra Sedgwick, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, and Corey Reynolds in The Closer (2005)
      The Closer
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive story editor
      • story editor
      • 2006–2007

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