Blakeney made his directorial debut in the 2000 comedy Gun Shy starring Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt and Sandra Bullock. Blakeney served as executive producer/writer for the made-for-TV movie Generation X (starring Matt Frewer and Finola Hughes), the Marvel Comics classic about a group of mutant teenagers blessed with superhuman powers.
Blakeney was the show–runner for Fox's tentpole series 21 Jump Street starring Johnny Depp. He has served as writer/producer on hit TV series Wiseguy, Baywatch, Moonlighting, Max Headroom, Booker, VR.5, Cagney and Lacey, The Equalizer and Crime Story. He also penned scripts for the upcoming Mad Max IV-Fury Road and successful made-for-TV movies including Generation X and Fighting for My Daughter.
Gun Shy
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Film
by Hollywood Pictures
writer/director
21 Jump Street
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Television
by FOX network/ Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Show Runner
Wiseguy
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Television
by CBS/Stephen J. Cannell Productions
writer/story editor