Background
Blakeney was born in Manhattan, New New York
Blakeney was born in Manhattan, New New York
He is known for writing award-winning episodes of television for 21 Jump Street, and writing and directing a feature film, 2000"s Gun Shy. He lived there until 1977, when he moved to London, England. Blakeney wrote for various print publications, until he found his calling - and his first writing job - in television on Crime Story.
Based on the strength of his work on Crime Story and Moonlighting, Blakeney was hired as a story editor on Wiseguy, until becoming a senior writer
He later became the show runner for 21 Jump Street starring Johnny Depp. Blakeney also co-created the Fox series "Booker" starring Richard Grieco.
After working in television, Blakeney wrote and directed his first film - Gun Shy, starring Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock. In 2011 he was hired to ghostwrite the first book in The Books of Essence book series How to Wish by Ruben Papian.
The book was published in June 2013.
After performing as a member of various London rock groups, Blakeney returned to the United States, this time settling in Los Angeles, California.