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name: "Eric Estrin"
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# Eric Estrin

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer

## Biography

Eric Estrin is a television writer and producer. He began his career in journalism, working as an editor at magazines including New Look and Miami, and as a television critic and contributing editor for Los Angeles magazine, before moving into screenwriting in the mid-1980s.

Estrin received his first writing credit on the Miami Vice episode 'Cuba Libre' (1987). He went on to write episodes for series including Cagney & Lacey (1987), Beauty and the Beast (1989), Jake and the Fatman (1987), Silk Stalkings (1991), Diagnosis: Murder (1993), Earth 2 (1994), The Outer Limits (1995) and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995). He also served as a producer or co-producer on shows such as The Exile (1991), Missing Persons (1993–94) and V.I.P. (1998–2000), where he wrote and produced multiple episodes.

*Sources: miamivice.fandom.com, imdb.com, laobserved.com, moviesmackdown.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also known for

- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), Writer
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), Teleplay
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), Writer
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), Writer
- *Earth 2* (1994), Writer
- *V.I.P.* (1998), Writer, Story, Teleplay
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), Writer
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), Writer

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