---
name: "Eric Watson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-watson"
fi1m_id: "eric-watson"
imdb_id: "nm0914615"
tmdb_id: 6433
wikidata_id: "Q1351728"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-27T08:56:30.115682+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."
---

# Eric Watson

## Identity

Eric Watson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-watson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-watson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0914615
- **TMDB ID:** 6433
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1351728
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6433

Producer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1998–2006
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 writing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Darren Aronofsky](https://film.one/person/darren-aronofsky.md), [Ellen Burstyn](https://film.one/person/ellen-burstyn.md), [Mark Margolis](https://film.one/person/mark-margolis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 73 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6433

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Requiem for a Dream*](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Pi*](https://film.one/film/pi.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Eric Watson is an American film producer, writer and director. He studied Broadcast Communications Arts at San Francisco State University and Motion Picture Production at the American Film Institute, where he received the Mary Pickford Scholarship. At the AFI he began a collaboration with director Darren Aronofsky; the pair founded Protozoa Pictures and Watson produced Aronofsky’s debut feature *Pi* (1998), on which he also received a story credit.

Watson continued to produce Aronofsky’s early films, including *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), *Below* (2002) and *The Fountain* (2006). His other producing credits include *Virginia* (2010), *Aftermath* (2017) and *The Bygone* (2019), as well as the National Geographic series *Limitless with Chris Hemsworth*. He has also written screenplays, including for *It Snows All the Time* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (1)

- *Pi* (1998), Fi1m 78, Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/pi.md)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Fountain* (2006), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *It Snows All the Time* (2022), Screenplay
- *The Bygone* (2019), Producer
- *Kidding* (2018), series, as Baba Pickle
- *Aftermath* (2017), Producer
- *Virginia* (2010), Producer
- *The Fountain* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *River Queen* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Below* (2002), Producer
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)
- *Speed of Life* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Pi* (1998), Producer, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/pi.md)
- *Protozoa* (1993), Producer

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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/eric-watson