Eric Lodal

{{Short description|American screenwriter (born 1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}

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| name = Eric Lodal

| image = Eric Lodal.jpg

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| birth_name = Eric Olaf Lodal

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|1|30}}

| birth_place = Washington, DC, U.S.

| occupation = Writer, producer

| years_active = 2005–present

| alma_mater = Yale University, Juilliard School

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Eric Lodal (born January 30, 1976) is an American screenwriter, creator, producer and director. He has written and developed original television series and feature films for Warner Brothers, F/X, TNT, Fox Studios, Sonar, Sony and New Regency.{{IMDb name |2039954|Eric Lodal| section= bio }}, Retrieved February 5, 2017 He is noted for co-creating and showrunning Murder in the First which is currently distributed by [https://www.hulu.com/series/murder-in-the-first-ea7c2cf7-bb52-40be-ae4a-fcf35dee08a2 Hulu].{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/04/steven-weber-joins-tnt-pilot-murder-in-the-first-thomas-schlamme-to-direct-468507/|title=Steven Weber Joins TNT Pilot 'Murder In The First', Thomas Schlamme To Direct|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=April 4, 2013|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/TNT-Murder-First-Steven-Bochco-1070678.aspx |title=TNT Orders Steven Bochco Drama Murder in the First - Today's News: Our Take |publisher=TVGuide.com |date= |access-date=2013-09-20}}

Lodal has also developed TV series with William Broyles Jr. (Laredo), Stephen Gaghan (Search and Rescue), Michael Eisner (Bel Canto), and Michael De Luca (Simple City), amongst others. Lodal is currently working on several projects including a dramatic rendering of the Kennedy presidency, which he has developed with novelist Scott Lasser (Battle Creek, True Detective) and Zona, a new crime series set in the world of human trafficking.

Lodal spent his twenties engaged in a number of diverse professional pursuits, ranging from classical music to politics and investment banking. An Eagle Scout, All State Football player and Virginia Academic Player of the Year (1994), as well as a classically trained opera singer, Lodal has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, with the New York City Opera, and was featured on NPR's "World of Opera".{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/worldofopera/archives/020810.woo.html|title=NPR World Of Opera|publisher=}} He served as Communications Director for former Governor of Virginia and current US Senator Tim Kaine.{{cite web|url=http://www.richmond.com/city-life/article_b807d180-ec0c-5f17-a909-94aeb8b7135d.html|title=Parting Shots|publisher=}} A native of Virginia, he received his B.A. from Yale University with a double major in economics and music, and a master's degree from The Juilliard School.