Eric Guggenheim | |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1973 |
Birth Place: | Long Island, New York, United States |
Family: | Marc Guggenheim (brother) David Guggenheim (brother) |
Occupation: | Writer, producer, screenwriter |
Years Active: | 1973 - present |
Notable Works: | Hawaii Five-0 Magnum P.I. |
Eric Guggenheim (born October 22, 1973) is an American screenwriter. He graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1995. Two years later he sold a script, Trim, to Fox 2000 at age 23. Following that, he wrote an unproduced drama for Warner Bros. and a one-hour drama pilot for USA Network. In 2004, Guggenheim wrote the feature film Miracle. Guggenheim is currently a writer, executive producer and co-showrunner of the CBS series Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., he was announced as the showrunner after co-creator Peter Lenkov was fired by CBS.[1] Before that he spent four seasons as a writer on the NBC series Parenthood. His brothers are screenwriters Marc Guggenheim and David Guggenheim.[2] His family is Jewish.
Kate McCallum, "The Great Idea: The Feature Film and the Making of Miracle". scr(i)pt. Vol. 10, No.1. Pg. 32.