Background
Hank Steinberg was born on November 19, 1969, in Manhasset, New York, and raised in Great Neck, New New York
director screenwriter television producer
Hank Steinberg was born on November 19, 1969, in Manhasset, New York, and raised in Great Neck, New New York
He graduated from Great Neck North High School in 1987 and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in English.
At Penn, he was a sportswriter for the Daily Pennsylvanian before he made the jump to screenwriting. In 1997, Steinberg pitched the idea for 61* to Home Box Office, a biopic about the legendary home-run race between Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the "61 Yankees. A lifetime Yankees fan, he got the idea for the film while strolling through Monument Park at the old Yankee Stadium.
The following year, Billy Crystal came aboard as a producer on the project and subsequently directed the film, starring Thomas Jane and Barry Pepper.
61* garnered 12 Emmy nominations, including Best Motion Picture for Television and Best Writing. Steinberg was also nominated for a WGA Award for the film.
Following 61*, Steinberg wrote Robert F. Kennedy for Forex, starring Linus Roache, Ving Rhames and James Cromwell and then created the Columbia Broadcasting System show Without a Trace. The Nine, while critically acclaimed, lasted only seven episodes, but was subsequently purchased by Direct television where it gained a second life.
In 2010, Harper Collins purchased the rights to Steinberg"s forthcoming novel, Out of Range, making a two-book deal for a potential franchise for the publisher.
The book rights were subsequently sold to Paramount Pictures, where he is adapting the screenplay. Steinberg is currently creating and executive producing a new series for TNT entitled The Last Ship.