Eric Thomas
Writer and Creator
Actor, Author, Director, Playwright, Researcher, Screenwriter, Theatre Director and Theatrical Producer
Ashland, Virginia
April 2014
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About Eric
Born in Newport News Virginia, I started his writing career at the age of sixteen as a poet. In the years since, I have had several poems published in various collections, including, the poetry anthology, Soft Parade.
While pursuing my under-graduate degree in English and Theater Studies at Christopher Newport University, I completed my first novel “Darkness Falls“, and spent a year studying Independent Play Writing under the celebrated theater director and author of Theater As A Weapon, Naum Panovski. Following the production of my 1993 stage play, The Insider’s Club, which I both wrote and directed, I made the decision to expand my career to include writing for film.
Having spent several years sharpening my screenwriting skills, I placed as a Semi-Finalist in the 2002 AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship with my feature film script Acts of God, and in 2010 had the screenplay I am Randy Wilson in competition at the prestigious Austin Film Festival. After penning a spec script for the animated show “Family Guy, I shifted my focus toward writing for television. With two animated pilots being considered for production, I continue my work with my writing partner on the first season of our original series.
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Unique traits: Improv Comedy, Stand Up Comedy, Impressionist, Storyteller
Badges
Certifications
Links
Credits
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Echo House (
2011 )
Television by Red Button Studios Creator/Writer -
Family Guy Spec - The Teleplay's the Thing (
2011 )
Television by Teleplay Writers Competition Writer -
I'm Randy Wilson and So am I (
2010 )
Film by Independent Production Screenwriter -
Acts of God (
2000 )
Film by Semi-Finalist Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting Screenwriter -
Dear God (
1997 )
Print by The Soft Parade Poetry Anthology Author -
Darkness Falls (
1997 )
Print by New York Management Author -
Working my Mind (
1997 )
Print by The Soft Parade Poetry Anthology Author -
The Insiders Club (
1994 )
Theater by Independent Production Writer, Producer, Director -
Vaudeville Stage Production (
1993 )
Theater by Odyssey of the Mind Vaudeville Johnny Carson, Magicians Assistant, and Rip Torn
Awards
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Semi-Finalist Stage32 Happy Writers Teleplay Competition
(2014) -
Placed Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenplay Competition
(2012) -
Semi-Finalist Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition
(2012) -
Semi-Finalist Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting
(2001) -
Best Student Play Written, Produced, and Directed for the Stage
(1997) -
Two Time Finalist Library of Congress Poetry Writing Competiton
(1990)
Education
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Christopher Newport University
(1994-1998)
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