Eric Guggenheim (born October 22, 1973) is an American screenwriter. He graduated from NYU's

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in 1995. Two years later he sold a script, ''Trim'', to

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at age 23. Following that, he wrote an unproduced drama for

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and a one-hour drama pilot for

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. In 2004, Guggenheim wrote the feature film ''

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''. Guggenheim is currently a writer, executive producer and co-showrunner of the

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series ''

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'' and ''

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'', he was announced as the showrunner after co-creator

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was fired by

. Before that he spent four seasons as a writer on the

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series '' Parenthood''. His brothers are screenwriters

Marc Guggenheim Marc Guggenheim (born September 24, 1970) is an American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist. He is best known as the creator of the television series ''Eli Stone'' (2008–2009), ''Arrow'' (2012– 2020), and ''Lege ...

and

David Guggenheim David Guggenheim is an American screenwriter, producer, and novelist, best known for writing the 2012 films ''Safe House'' and ''Stolen'', as well as creating and writing for the 2016 television series ''Designated Survivor''. In 2013, the film ...

. His family is Jewish.

References

Kate McCallum, "The Great Idea: The Feature Film and the Making of Miracle". ''scr(i)pt''. Vol. 10, No.1. Pg. 32.

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20110718134022/http://preview.tv.yahoo.com/eric-guggenheim/contributor/38965
Hollywood Reporter: "The Guggenheim Brothers Offer a Look Inside a TV Writing Family Dynasty"
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