Hailing from The Bronx, Steven Canals is a 2015 graduate of UCLA's MFA Screenwriting program. He began his writing career as a Research Assistant at Hungry Jackal Productions for Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Steven served as the Staff Writer on Freeform's Dead of Summer, the same year his short film, Afuera, premiered at the 2016 LA Film Festival. He is Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer of Pose (2018).
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Biography from IMDb.
- September 14, 1980 (46)
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Director and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Steven Canals' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Steven Canals' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Steven Canals' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Doctor Odyssey(2024)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
American Sports Story(2024)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Class of '09(2023)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Neon(2023)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Pose-a-Thon for Pride(2020)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Love, Victor(2020)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Pose(2018)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Dead of Summer(2016)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Afuera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 2016 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
5 major nominations and no wins, 2019–2021.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Who does Steven Canals work with?
People who share at least 2 of Steven Canals' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryan Murphy shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Ryan MurphyShared titles: Doctor Odyssey (2024), Pose-a-Thon for Pride (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Murphy
Producers
- Alexis Martin WoodallShared titles: Doctor Odyssey (2024), Pose-a-Thon for Pride (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Alexis Martin Woodall
- Tanase PopaShared titles: Doctor Odyssey (2024), Pose-a-Thon for Pride (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Tanase Popa
- Todd NenningerShared titles: Doctor Odyssey (2024), Pose-a-Thon for Pride (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Todd Nenninger