Biography

Eric Watson is a film producer, writer, and director. He began his producing career alongside Darren Aronofsky at the American Film Institute and went on to produce Aronofsky’s debut feature, Pi (1998), for which Watson also received a story credit. He continued his collaboration with Aronofsky as a producer on Requiem for a Dream (2000), Below (2002), and The Fountain (2006).

Watson’s other producing credits include the National Geographic series Limitless with Chris Hemsworth and the feature films Virginia, Aftermath, and The Bygone. As a writer, he wrote the screenplay for It Snows All the Time. In 2026, he began producing the series On This Day... 1776 for Primordial Soup and TIME.
- IMDb mini biography by: Eric Watson