Steven Kane

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.