Eric Lodal (born January 30, 1976) is an American

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, creator, producer and

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. He has written and developed original television series and feature films for F/X, TNT, Fox Studios, Sonar, Sony and New Regency., Retrieved February 5, 2017 He is noted for co-creating ''Murder in the First'' from 2014 to 2016. Lodal has also developed TV series with

William Broyles Jr. William Dodson Broyles Jr.
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(Laredo),

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(Search and Rescue),

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(Bel Canto), and

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(Simple City), amongst others. Lodal is currently working on several projects including a dramatic rendering of the Kennedy presidency, which he has developed with novelist Scott Lasser (Battle Creek, True Detective) and producing partners Tim White of Star Thrower Entertainment and Perrin Chiles. Lodal spent his twenties engaged in a number of diverse professional pursuits, ranging from classical music to politics and investment banking. A classically trained opera singer, he has performed as a soloist at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...

, with the

New York City Opera The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City. The company has been active from 1943 through 2013 (when it filed for bankruptcy), and again since 2016 when it was revived. The opera company, du ...

, and was featured on NPR's "World of Opera". He served as Communications Director for former Governor of Virginia and current US Senator

Tim Kaine Timothy Michael Kaine (; born February 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th lieutenant governor of Virgini ...

. A native of

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, he received his B.A. from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

with a double major in economics and music, and a master's degree from

The Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most elit ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lodal, Eric 1976 births Living people American male screenwriters American television producers American television directors People from Virginia