---
name: "Dan Erickson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-erickson"
fi1m_id: "dan-erickson"
imdb_id: "nm9772311"
tmdb_id: 3442409
wikidata_id: "Q112675318"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 January 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T21:20:22.152881+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan Erickson

## Identity

Dan Erickson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-erickson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-erickson
- **IMDb ID:** nm9772311
- **TMDB ID:** 3442409
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112675318
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Erickson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112675318, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9772311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3442409

Producer. Born 26 January 1984 in Olympia, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 January 1984, Olympia, Washington, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Erickson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112675318, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9772311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3442409

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Severance*](https://film.one/tv/severance.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan Erickson is an American television screenwriter, showrunner and producer. He created the psychological thriller series *Severance*, which premiered on Apple TV+ in February 2022, and has served as its showrunner and writer.

Erickson was born in Olympia, Washington. He studied at Western Washington University and later earned a master’s degree in dramatic writing with an emphasis on television from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Before *Severance*, he wrote for Spike TV’s *Lip Sync Battle Pre-Show* (2016–2018) and the short film *League of Wonder* (2011).

His *Severance* pilot script appeared on the Blood List in 2016 and was developed with Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Productions. The series’ second season premiered in January 2025. Erickson and the *Severance* writers won Writers Guild of America Awards for Best New Series and Best Drama Series in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, seattletimes.com, cascadiadaily.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Severance* (2022), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Severance* (2022), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *League of Wonder* (2011), Screenplay

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dan-erickson