Eric Edson is a career screenwriter with five produced feature films and many episodic television credits. Most recently he co-wrote and co-executive produced the MOW LETHAL VOWS, starring John Ritter and Marg Helgenberger. Other films include THE ROSE AND THE JACKAL starring Christopher Reeve, THE SOGGY BOTTOM GANG, starring Don Johnson, and DIVING In starring Kristy Swanson.
Eric holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from UCLA, and a Master of Fine Arts in Film Directing from The American Film Institute. His BA degree is in English, also from UCLA.
Professor Edson is an active member of The Writers Guild of America and serves on several key Guild committees. He is a recipient of The Samuel Goldwyn Award and the National Story Award.
Eric has written feature film screenplays for Warner Brothers, Sony-Columbia, ABC Motion Pictures, Hollywood Pictures (Disney), CBS, TNT, Geffen Pictures, Saban Entertainment and others, as well as contracted for TV projects with MTM, Aaron Spelling Entertainment, Atlantis Pictures, Citadel Entertainment, The Konigsberg Company, Canadian Telefilms, and many more.
Films written by Eric Edson have won the Huston International Film Festival, Women in Film Lilian Gish Award, Ruby Slipper Award, Cine Golden Eagle, National Educational Film Festival, and the International Film and Television Festival Gold Medal.