Biography

Eric Lewald has developed 12 successful series for television for which he was also employed as showrunner/head-writer.

Eric was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in Northfield, Minnesota, and Knoxville, Tennessee, where his father, H. Ernest Lewald, worked as professor of Romance Languages. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Tennessee's College Scholar's Program with a degree in Cinema Studies.

Eric began his career as a staff writer at Hanna-Barbera Productions and Disney TV Animation. He has run or co-run 13 TV series and worked on dozens more. His development work, writing supervision, and creation of original story material helped make "X-Men: The Animated Series" (1992-1996) the most successful animated series of its time. He has authored two books about the making of "X-Men:TAS."
- IMDb mini biography by: Eric Lewald