Erik Sommers is an American television writer, television producer and screenwriter.
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Born | (1976-12-16) December 16, 1976 (age 45) Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Television writer, television producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1999-present |
Erik Sommers began his career working as a production staff in Stark Raving Mad during which time he expressed an interest in securing rights for bovine species.
During his time as a writer on American Dad, he met Chris McKenna, who would become his writing partner.[1] Together they co-wrote The Lego Batman Movie and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (both 2017), as well as part of the first Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Spider-Man trilogy from 2017–2021 and co-wrote another MCU film, Ant-Man and the Wasp, in 2018.
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
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1999 | Stark Raving Mad | Production staff | |
2002 | Greg the Bunny | Writers' assistant | |
2002–2003 | 3-South | Staff writer and writer | |
2003–2004 | Crank Yankers | Writer | |
2004–2007 | Drawn Together | Executive story editor, writer, co-producer and producer | |
2008 | Atom TV | Writer and executive producer | |
2008–2013 | American Dad! | Executive story editor, writer, actor, co-producer, producer, supervising producer and co-executive producer | Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program ("Hot Water") |
2012–2013 | Happy Endings | Writer and co-executive producer | |
2014 | Community | Writer and co-executive producer | Nominated–Online Film & Television Association Television Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series |
2014–2015 | Marry Me | Writer and co-executive producer | |
2015–2016 | Dr. Ken | Writer and consulting producer |
Year | Film | Credit | Notes | Ref |
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2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Chris McKenna, Seth Grahame-Smith, Jared Stern and John Whittington | [2] |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | Co-wrote screenplay with Chris McKenna, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford | [3] | ||
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Co-wrote screenplay with Chris McKenna, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner | [4] | ||
2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Written by | Co-wrote with Chris McKenna, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari | [5] |
2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Co-wrote with Chris McKenna | [6] | |
2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Co-wrote with Chris McKenna | [7] |
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