Erik Jendresen (Writing)

Erik Jendresen is an author as well as a writer and producer for plays, television, and film. As a supervising producer of the critically-acclaimed mini-series "Band of Brothers" for HBO in 2001, Jendresen was one of the recipients of that year's Emmy Award for "Outstanding Miniseries", which he shared with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, among others. As lead writer, Jendresen also shared an Emmy nomination for that show in the category of "Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special". The show also resulted in a Golden Globe Award for "Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television", and 20 other awards, including the Peabody Award. Jendresen is attached to multiple projects in various stages of development, including National Geographic Films' Aloft (starring Robert Redford), The Hot Zone (based on Richard Preston's novel) Fire (based on the Sebastian Junger book of the same name), The 300 Spartans, Explaining...Read More