Steven Canals is best known for co-creating and executive-producing the FX television show Pose.
13 Facts About Steven Canals
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Steven Canals began practicing filmmaking at the Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice after school program.
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Steven Canals co-produced his first documentary about gang violence with other classmates when he was 15.
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Steven Canals graduated with a BA in cinema and MA in student affairs from Binghamton University in 2005 and 2008 respectively.
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Steven Canals received his MFA in screenwriting from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2015.
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Steven Canals worked as an LGBT resource coordinator at SUNY-Cortland while completing his master's degree part time, where he was residence hall director of Shea Hall and advisor to the university's gay-straight alliance for six years.
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Steven Canals was a staff writer on Freeform's Dead of Summer in 2016.
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Steven Canals developed the pilot script for television show Pose while studying at UCLA in 2014.
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Steven Canals was initially inspired by the story in Paris Is Burning.
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Steven Canals however found it difficult to get the script developed as industry executives found the subject matter about LGBT people of color and ball culture to be "too niche".
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Steven Canals was named a "writer to watch" by Variety in 2018.
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Steven Canals signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television in January 2020.
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Steven Canals is of African American and Puerto Rican heritage.