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Steven Canals

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Steven Canals
Hailing from The Bronx, Steven Canals is a 2015 graduate of UCLA's MFA Screenwriting program. He began his writing career as a Research Assistant at Hungry Jackal Productions for Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Steven served as the Staff Writer on Freeform's Dead of Summer, the same year his short film, Afuera, premiered at the 2016 LA Film Festival. He is Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer of Pose (2018).
BornSeptember 14, 1980
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Known for

    Pose (2018)
    Pose
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)
    Dead of Summer (2016)
    Dead of Summer
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Love, Victor (2020)
    Love, Victor
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    American Sports Story (2024)
    American Sports Story
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Writer



    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by (creator)
      • 2018–2021
    • Dead of Summer (2016)
      Dead of Summer
      6.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Afuera (2016)
      Afuera
      7.9
      Short
      • writer
      • 2016
    • Saving Jane
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014

    Producer



    • 1266
      • executive producer
      • In Production
      • TV Series



    • Soul of a Nation (2021)
      Soul of a Nation
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018–2021
    • Billy Porter in Pose-a-Thon for Pride (2020)
      Pose-a-Thon for Pride
      6.4
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2020

    Director



    • Don Johnson, Joshua Jackson, Sean Teale, and Phillipa Soo in Doctor Odyssey (2024)
      Doctor Odyssey
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Alyah Chanelle Scott, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Amrit Kaur, Pauline Chalamet, and Renika Williams-Blutcher in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
      The Sex Lives of College Girls
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • American Sports Story (2024)
      American Sports Story
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Neon (2023)
      Neon
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry in Class of '09 (2023)
      Class of '09
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Love, Victor (2020)
      Love, Victor
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2021

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      • September 14, 1980
      • The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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