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Stephen Scaia

b. AD 11

American writer, TV producer

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Born AD 11. Stephen Scaia was a screenwriter and television producer.

Stephen Scaia is an American writer, director, and producer known for Blood & Treasure (2019–2023), Tulsa King (2023-2024) Jericho and Limitless (2015). He is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston.

Background Scaia was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. He attended Emerson College, studying film and television. After graduating in 1998 he moved to Los Angeles. His writing caught the eye of one of the producers, which landed him his first staff-writing job on Judging Amy (2004). with his former collaborator Matthew Federman. The pair stopped co-writing together in early 2020.

Writing Scaia began his writing career on Judging Amy (2004).

Other projects In 2005, Star Wars: Underworld, a live-action TV series by George Lucas, was put into development with Scaia attached as one of the writers. However, the series fell apart due to a lack of funding. However, the project stalled during the development stage, and in 2014, it was announced that New Line Cinema would be reverting the rights back to the co-creators of the property, Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra.

In 2012, Scaia was also hired to pen the script for a Zorro reboot based on the 2005 novel by Isabel Allende. The adaptation was to have taken place prior to his origins in Johnston McCulley's "The Curse of Capistrano" in 1919.

In 2014, it was announced that Scaia and Federman would be adapting Pax Romana, a miniseries based on the graphic novel by Jonathan Hickman. Also in 2014, Scaia was hired to adapt Garrett Graff's nonfiction book Raven Rock, which explores the history of the U.S. government's secret plan to "save itself" in the event that most of America or its leaders are killed in a nuclear attack on the U.S." The series was acquired by NBC in a "script deal with significant penalty".

Credits + Television Year Production Role 2023–2024 Tulsa King Co-Executive Producer / Writer 2019–2022 Blood & Treasure Creator / Executive Producer / Director / Writer 2015–2016 Limitless Co-Executive Producer / Writer 2011 Charlie's Angels Supervising Producer 2010 Human Target Producer / Writer 2009 Warehouse 13 Co-Producer / Writer 2006–2008 Jericho Co-Producer / Writer 2006 E-Ring Writer 2004–2005 Judging Amy Writer

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Important facts

Born
AD 11, Indianapolis
Birth century
Education
Emerson College, Archbishop Alter High School

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