Eric Stangel

Eric Stangel (born June 16, 1971) is an American television screenwriter and producer.

Biography

Born and raised in Chappaqua, New York, Stangel attended Syracuse University, where he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1993.[1] Upon graduation, Stangel and his brother Justin Stangel created a stage show in Manhattan, titled Big City Comedy.[1] The success of the show led to writing work for Saturday Night Live, Fox Television, and the USA Network. The comedy shorts they created to air between shows for the USA Network helped land the Stangel brothers staff writing jobs with Late Show with David Letterman, in 1997.[1]

In 1998, Stangel and his brother become the head writers of the Late Show, positions they held until 2013.[2]

During the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike Stangel, along with his brother Justin and fellow Late Show writers Bill Scheft, Steve Young, Matt Roberts, Tom Ruprecht, Jeremy Weiner, Lee Ellenberg, Joe Grossman and Bob Borden posted their "thoughts and observations" at http://lateshowwritersonstrike.com/.

As co-head writer for The Late Show, Stangel was part of a team that has won two Primetime Emmy Awards (in 2001 and 2002), received twenty-one total Emmy nominations, and was nominated for Writers Guild of America awards four times.[3]

In August 2009 Stangel was named one of the top sports Twitterers by CNBC,[4] and was subsequently named one of the Most Influential Sports Tweeters of 2009.[5]

In December 2009 Stangel and his brother Justin were promoted to executive producers for The Late Show.[6] The Stangel brothers are the longest-serving head writers in the 16-year history of the show.

Stangel was a winner of one of SI.com's 2010 Sports Media Awards, receiving a top pick in the Sports Media Tweets of The Year category.[7]

In March 2011, Stangel was named to Time.com's Twitter 140, a list of the world's most influential Tweeters.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pallassino, Gary (Summer 2001). "In The Spotlight". Syracuse University Magazine. Syracuse University. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  2. ↑ Finke, Nikki (January 18, 2013). "David Letterman Shakeup In Late Show Head Writers As Stangel Brothers Snag Multi-Year Development Deal". deadline.com. Retrieved 2013-02-01. The twosome have had an unusually long and successful 14-year run as Letterman's head writers and now will turn a lot of their attention to coming up with TV shows in any format for Worldwide Pants.
  3. ↑ IMDb (2009). "Eric Stangel-Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  4. ↑ Rovell, Darren (September 1, 2009). "CNBC's Sports Twitter Rankings (Aug '09)". CNBC. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  5. ↑ Rovell, Darren (December 30, 2009). "CNBC's Most Influential Sports Tweeters of 2009". CNBC. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  6. ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (December 6, 2009). "'Late Show' ups pair to exec producers". Variety. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Deitsch, Richard (December 28, 2010). "Media Awards for 2010 Honoring best, worst from TV, radio, print, online". SI.com. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  8. ↑ Gregory, Sean (March 28, 2011). "140 Best Twitter Feeds". Time.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.

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