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milwaukee , wi american '' '' , '' the killing of michael malloy '' band of brothers '' , '' killing lincoln erik_jendresen_headshot . jpg erik jendresen
 erik jendresen author , playwright , screenwriter and producer
erik jendresen

erik jendresen is an author as well as a writer and producer for plays , television , and film .
as lead writer and a supervising producer of the critically acclaimed mini-series `` band of brothers '' for hbo in 2001 , jendresen was one of the recipients of that year 's emmy award for `` outstanding miniseries '' , which he shared with tom hanks and steven spielberg , among others .
jendresen also shared an emmy nomination for that show in the category of `` outstanding writing for a miniseries , movie or a dramatic special '' .
the show also resulted in a golden globe award for `` best mini-series or motion picture made for television '' , and 20 other awards , including the peabody award .
as a writer / producer for film , his current projects include `` ithaca '' - an adaptation of william saroyan 's `` the human comedy '' -lrb- directed by meg ryan and starring sam shepard and hamish linklater -rrb- ; `` saint-ex '' -lrb- directed by christopher mcquarrie -rrb- ; `` aloft '' -lrb- starring robert redford -rrb- ; `` mission : blacklist '' -lrb- directed by jesper ganslandt -rrb- ; `` solo '' -lrb- directed by antonio banderas -rrb- ; and an adaptation of walter tevis 's `` the man who fell to earth '' -lrb- directed by david slade -rrb- .
earlier film projects include `` star trek : the beginning '' -lrb- paramount -rrb- , `` sublime '' , starring tom cavanagh and kathleen york , `` otis '' and `` the big bang '' -lrb- starring antonio banderas and sam elliott -rrb- .
as a writer/producer for television , his current projects include the series `` subversive '' -lrb- tandem -rrb- ; the four-hour miniseries `` shot all to hell '' -lrb- tnt/sony -rrb- ; the eight-hour miniseries `` the 43 '' and `` dragoon '' ; a scripted series based on the work of ray kurzweil -lrb- showtime -rrb- ; `` killing lincoln '' , co-produced with tony and ridley scott for the national geographic channel ; a series based on the francis ford coppola film , `` the conversation '' -lrb- with christopher mcquarrie -rrb- ; `` the pony express '' -lrb- with robert duvall -rrb- ; an eight-hour adaptation of gregory maguire 's novel , '' '' -lrb- abc -rrb- ; the eight-hour miniseries `` majestic-12 '' ; and `` the command '' - a series set in the world of the joint special operations command -lrb- fic -rrb- .
jendresen also has to his credit several books , most of which deal with the socio-anthropology of peru and the amazon basin , including `` dance of the four winds '' and its sequel , `` island of the sun '' -lrb- both based upon the journals of and co-written with alberto villoldo -rrb- , and the children 's book , `` the first story ever told '' -lrb- also with villoldo -rrb- .
`` hanuman '' -lrb- with joshua m. greene , and li ming -rrb- is a re-telling for children of a portion of the ramayana .
he is also a playwright -lrb- `` the killing of michael malloy '' , `` excuse my dust '' , `` malice aforethought '' -rrb- .
jendresen lives in sausalito , california , aboard the m.v. `` hindeloopen '' , 108-year-old riveted wrought iron vessel which saw service during the evacuation of dunkirk in 1940 .
he is married to venus madora aslee bobis , program director of the partial hospitalization program at langley porter psychiatric institute of the university of california , san francisco , and his partner in pilothouse pictures .
he is an advisor at the sundance screenwriters lab .
