Steven Maeda is an American

United States

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 television writer and producer. He has written episodes of television series such as Harsh Realm

Harsh Realm

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, The X-Files

The X-Files

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, CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

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, Lost

Lost (TV series)

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, and Day Break

Day Break

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. He has also served as a supervising producer on Lost and CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

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. He is also the executive producer of Lie To Me

Lie to Me

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.

Career

Maeda joined the crew of Lost

Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...

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

Writers Guild of America Awards 2005

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 for their work on the first and second seasons. The writing staff were nominated for the award again at the February 2007 ceremony

Writers Guild of America Awards 2006

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 for their work on the second and third seasons, Maeda did not return for the series third season.

In 2011, Maeda was hired as showrunner of Pan Am

Pan Am (TV series)

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, in the middle of its first season.