Eric Guggenheim

{{short description|American screenwriter (born 1973)}}

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| name = Eric Guggenheim

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| caption = Eric Guggenheim

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|22}}

| 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.

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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 sole showrunner of Magnum P.I. after co-creator Peter Lenkov was fired by CBS.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/peter-lenkov-fired-cbs-macgyver-magnum-pi-showrunner-1202979733/|title='MacGyver' & 'Magnum P.I.' EP Peter Lenkov Fired By CBS|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Petski|first2=Denise|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 7, 2020|access-date=July 7, 2020}} Before that he spent four seasons as a writer on the NBC series Parenthood. His brothers are screenwriters Marc Guggenheim and David Guggenheim.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/guggenheim-brothers-offer-a-look-936270|title=The Guggenheim Brothers Offer a Look Inside a TV Writing Family Dynasty|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=June 4, 2017}} His family is Jewish.