---
name: "Erika Sheffer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erika-sheffer"
fi1m_id: "erika-sheffer"
imdb_id: "nm11581720"
tmdb_id: 5815867
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T18:51:35.231329+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."
---

# Erika Sheffer

## Identity

Erika Sheffer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erika-sheffer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erika-sheffer
- **IMDb ID:** nm11581720
- **TMDB ID:** 5815867
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11581720/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5815867

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ali Liebegott](https://film.one/person/ali-liebegott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11581720/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5815867

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Erika Sheffer is a playwright and screenwriter. Her stage work includes the plays *Russian Transport*, which premiered at The New Group and was produced at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and *Vladimir*, which received its world premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club. She has received the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, multiple TCG Edgerton Grants and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination.

Her screen credits include the teleplay for an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology series *Little America* (2022) and writing contributions, as well as executive story editor duties, on the Netflix limited series *The Beast in Me* (2025). The latter earned her a Writers Guild of America nomination for Limited Series.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Little America* (2020), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)

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