Erik Jendresen

Erik Jendresen
Jendresen aboard the MV Hindeloopen in 2020
Born (1959-12-22) December 22, 1959
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, playwright, screenwriter and producer
Notable works

Erik Jendresen (born December 22, 1959) is an American author, playwright, screenwriter and producer. His projects include HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Killing Lincoln, co-produced with Tony and Ridley Scott for the National Geographic Channel; a series based on the Francis Ford Coppola film, The Conversation (with Christopher McQuarrie); The Pony Express (with Robert Duvall); an eight-hour adaptation of Gregory Maguire's novel, Wicked (ABC); an eight-hour miniseries Majestic-12; and The Command - a series set in the world of the Joint Special Operations Command (FIC). He also co-wrote the seventh and eighth installments of the Mission: Impossible film series with McQuarrie.