Erik Sommers

Erik Sommers is an American television writer, television producer and screenwriter.

Erik Sommers
OccupationTelevision writer, television producer, screenwriter
Years active1999-present

Career

Erik Sommers began his career working as a production staff in Stark Raving Mad.

During his time as a writer on American Dad, he met Chris McKenna, who would become his writing partner.[1]

Filmography

Television
YearFilmCreditNotes
1999 Stark Raving Mad Production staff
2002 Greg the Bunny Writers' assistant
2002–2003 3-South Staff writer and writer
2003–2004 Crank Yankers Writer
2004–2007 Drawn Together Executive story editor, writer, co-producer and producer
2008 Atom TV Writer and executive producer
2008–2013 American Dad! Executive story editor, writer, actor, co-producer, producer, supervising producer and co-executive producer Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program ("Hot Water")
2012–2013 Happy Endings Writer and co-exectuive producer
2014 Community Writer and co-executive producer Nominated–Online Film & Television Association Television Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series
2014–2015 Marry Me Writer and co-executive producer
2015–2016 Dr. Ken Writer and consulting producer

Film
YearFilmCreditNotesRef
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Screenplay by Co-wrote screenplay with Chris McKenna, Seth Grahame-Smith, Jared Stern and John Whittington [2]
Spider-Man: Homecoming Co-wrote screenplay with Chris McKenna, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford [3]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Co-wrote screenplay with Chris McKenna, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner [4]
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Written by Co-wrote with Chris McKenna, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari [5]
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Co-wrote with Chris McKenna [6]
2021 Untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel Filming [7]

References
  1. "Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers Talk "Spider-Man: Far From Home"". Creative Screenwriting. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  2. Rechtshaffen, Michael (February 4, 2017). "'The Lego Batman Movie': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  3. Gleiberman, Owen (June 29, 2017). "Film Review: 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'". Variety. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  4. Fleming Jr., Mike (January 14, 2016). "Jake Kasdan To Helm 'Jumanji' Reboot For Sony". Deadline. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  5. Gleiberman, Owen (June 27, 2018). "Film Review: 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'". Variety. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  6. Schaefer, Sandy (April 17, 2019). "Spider-Man: Far From Home Release Date Moves Up 3 Days". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  7. Perrie, Stewart (October 14, 2020). "Spider-Man 3 Has Started Filming". LADbible. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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