BreakThrough Artist

Ian Steaman is a recovering music executive turned award-winning screenwriter passionate about telling stories about underrepresented characters and worlds in mainstream culture. After over a decade working in the music industry in New York City followed by two years at CBC Music, he began a television writing career after graduating from the CFC’s Bell Media Prime Time TV program, going on to develop an original half-hour workplace comedy with CBC entitled Deadstock.

Ian recently completed a stint as a Story Editor and Writer for the interconnected single cam family comedies, The Parker Andersons and Amelia Parker and is currently an Executive Story Editor and Writer on the new family comedy, Take Note for NBC’s streamer Peacock.