Steve Yockey is an American playwright, producer and screenwriter. He is known as the creator/showrunner of the American darkly comedic thriller television series The Flight Attendant, an adaptation of the 2018 novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian. He is also the creator/showrunner of Dead Boy Detectives, a supernatural detective series for Netlfix based on the cult DC comic book.
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Career
Yockey attended the University of Georgia, and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, earning his MFA degree in dramatic writing. In 2014, he wrote an episode for the MTV teen comedy drama television series Awkward. He later was a co-executive producer and writer for The CW drama television series Supernatural. He left the series in 2019 to work on the adapted HBO Max television series The Flight Attendant. At the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing. In 2022, he signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.
Playwriting
Yockey writes in a style that’s been called “absurd metamodernism” and leans into spectacle in his theatrical work. His plays are published and licensed by Concord Theatricals.
Filmography
Uncredited writer
Another Simple Favor (2025) (additional literary material writer)
