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name: "Eric Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-newman"
roles: ["Producer","Writer"]
born: "31 December 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:05.606928+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."
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# Eric Newman

Producer and writer. Born 31 December 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 31 December 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present

## Biography

Eric Newman (born 31 December 1970) is an American film and television producer and writer from Los Angeles. He is the founder of the production company Grand Electric.

Newman began his career with early credits including story and teleplay on an episode of the series *NYPD Blue* (1994). He later produced films including *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), *Children of Men* (2006), *In Time* (2011), *RoboCop* (2014), *Bright* (2017) and *Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023).

He has served as executive producer and showrunner on the Netflix series *Narcos* (2015–2017) and *Narcos: Mexico* (2018–2021), and as executive producer on *True Story* (2021) and *Zero Day* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Story, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023), Producer
- *Children of Men* (2006), Producer

## Also known for

- *In Time* (2011), Producer
- *Bright* (2017), Producer
- *RoboCop* (2014), Producer
- *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), Producer
- *Narcos* (2015), Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Thing* (2011), Producer
- *Project Power* (2020), Producer
- *Spiderhead* (2022), Producer

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