Biography
Eric Lerner is a screenwriter and producer. He wrote the story and screenplay for the 1990 film Bird on a Wire, on which he also served as co-producer. His other screen credits include the 1998 film Kiss the Sky and an episode of the 1982–1983 television series Tales of the Gold Monkey.
Lerner graduated from Harvard University in 1971. He began working as a screenwriter in 1983. He has also written books, including the 1976 memoir Journey of Insight Meditation and the 2018 memoir Matters of Vital Interest: A Forty-Year Friendship with Leonard Cohen.
