Eric Luke (born October 31, 1962 in

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) is an American writer.

Career

Film

Eric Luke began his career in film writing. Previous film work included: ''

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'' for

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, numerous screenplays for

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and others, and also wrote and directed the latter two films in the '' Not Quite Human'' trilogy for the

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Television

Moving to television, he eventually wrote scripts for the ''

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'' series and co-plotted the '' Gargoyles'' pilot five-parter for

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. He returned to television to Executive Produce, Story Edit and script the Fox Kids TV animated series '' Xyber 9'', which later aired on the

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channel. He would later write scripts for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003).

Comics

His initial work in comics was ''Project: Overkill'', a story drawn by artist Phill Norwood that appeared in ''

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'' #30. Continuing with the

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company, he then wrote the entire first series (1995–98) of ''

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'', a run of 36 issues. He had also authored the Ghost Special during the summer of 1994. After Ghost ended, he moved onto the ''

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'' series for

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after his initial trial at writing that title's Annual #7 proved successful with editors.

Novels

His most recent work includes the novel ''Interference'' (2012) a meta-horror audiobook about an audiobook that kills, released free on iTunes.

Podcasts

Among his current projects is the podcast Extruding America, a deadpan satire in the style of

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Filmography

Television

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'' (1993-1994) *'' Gargoyles'' (1994) *''

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'' (1995) *''

Extreme Dinosaurs ''Extreme Dinosaurs'' is an American animated series produced by DIC Productions, L.P. and Bohbot Entertainment in 1997 based on a 1996 toy line from Mattel. This show is a spin-off of ''Street Sharks'' (where they first appeared as the Dino Ve ...

'' (1997) *'' Xyber 9: New Dawn'' (1999): story editor *''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Miche ...

'' (2003-2004)

Film

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'' (1985) *''

Not Quite Human II ''Not Quite Human 2'' is a 1989 television film written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, and Robyn Lively. As the second of three films in a series based on the '' Not Quite Human'' novels by Seth McEvoy, it fo ...

'' (1989) *''

Still Not Quite Human ''Still Not Quite Human'' is a 1992 television film written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood and Alan Thicke. It is the third and final film in a series based on the '' Not Quite Human'' novels by Seth McEvoy. The story, w ...

'' (1992)

Bibliography

Dark Horse Comics

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'' #1–36, ''Special'' #1 (1995–1998)

External links

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Extruding America podcast

Interference Audiobook
Living people American male screenwriters American comics writers American television writers American male television writers 1962 births {{US-comics-writer-stub