{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person | name = Steven Maeda | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Television producer, screenwriter, television writer | years_active = 2000–present | spouse = | children = | mother = | father = }} '''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''.<ref name="IMDB.com">{{IMDb name|0535348|Steven Maeda}}</ref> He was also the executive producer of ''Lie To Me'' and is currently the executive producer of ''One Piece'', having served as one of the showrunners for its first season.
==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.<ref name="WGA">{{cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|title=Awards Winners|access-date=2007-10-17|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525050852/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|archive-date=2012-05-25}}</ref> The writing staff were nominated for the award again at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons.<ref name="WGA07">{{cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2267 |title=2007 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced |access-date=2007-12-06 |publisher=Writers Guild of America |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205212901/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2267 |archive-date=December 5, 2007 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva|first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/abcs-pan-am-adds-veteran-showrunner-steve-maeda-in-anticipation-of-back-order-186278/ |title=ABC's 'Pan Am' Adds Veteran Showrunner Steven Maeda In Anticipation Of Back Order |date=2011-10-24 |access-date=2011-11-11 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lost-producer-joins-pan-am-252522 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |title='Lost' Producer Joins 'Pan Am' as Showrunner |author=Lesley Goldberg |date=2011-10-24 |access-date=2011-11-11}}</ref> He also served as executive producer and showrunner for Syfy's ''Helix''. In January 2020, He was announced as the showrunner of ''One Piece'', a Netflix original series based on the manga series by Eiichiro Oda.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/one-piece-live-action-series-based-on-manga-classic-ordered-netflix-tomorrow-studios-1202845657/|title='One Piece' Live-Action Series Based On Manga Classic Ordered By Netflix From Tomorrow Studios|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2020-01-29|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Writer ! Executive<br>producer ! Showrunner ! Notes |- |2000 |''Harsh Realm'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2000–2002 |''The X-Files'' |{{Yes}} | | |Also story editor |- |2002–2005 |''CSI: Miami'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2005–2006 |''Lost'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2006–2007 |''Day Break'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2009 |''Lie to Me'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2010 |''Miami Medical'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2011–2012 |''Pan Am'' | |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | |- |2012 |''Unforgettable'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2014–2015 |''Helix'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | |- |2016–2017 |''Conviction'' | |{{Yes}} | | |- |2018 |''Salvation'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | | |- |2023 |''One Piece'' |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} |{{Yes}} | |}
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0535348}} *{{Twitter|stevemaeda}}
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