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''''Eric Stangel''' (born June 16, 1971) is an [[United States|American]] television screenwriter and producer. ==Biography== Born and raised in [[Chappaqua, New York]], Stangel attended [[Syracuse University]], where he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1993.<ref name="SUM">{{cite web |author=Pallassino, Gary |title=In The Spotlight |url=http://sumagazine.syr.edu/summer01/features/spotlight/spotpg4.html |work=Syracuse University Magazine |publisher=Syracuse University |date=Summer 2001 |accessdate=October 10, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Upon graduation, Stangel and his brother [[Justin Stangel]] created a stage show in Manhattan, titled ''Big City Comedy.''<ref name="SUM"/> The success of the show led to writing work for ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [[Fox Television]], and the [[USA Network]]. The comedy shorts they created to air between shows for the ''USA Network'' helped land the Stangel brothers staff writing jobs with ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', in 1997.<ref name="SUM"/> In 1998, Stangel and his brother become the [[head writer]]s of the ''Late Show'', positions they held until 2013.<ref name="deadline2013">{{cite web| title= David Letterman Shakeup In ''Late Show'' Head Writers As Stangel Brothers Snag Multi-Year Development Deal |url= http://www.deadline.com/print-post/?posttoprint=407507&KeepThis=true/TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750 | date= January 18, 2013 | first=Nikki |last=Finke | publisher= deadline.com| accessdate=2013-02-01 |quote= The twosome have had an unusually long and successful 14-year run as Letterman's head writers and now will turn a lot of their attention to coming up with TV shows in any format for Worldwide Pants.}}</ref> As co-head writer for ''The Late Show'', Stangel was part of a team that has won two Primetime [[Emmy Awards]] (in 2001 and 2002), received twenty-one total Emmy nominations, and was nominated for Writers Guild of America awards four times.<ref>{{cite web |author=IMDb |title=Eric Stangel-Awards |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822224/awards |work= |publisher=Internet Movie Database |year=2009 |accessdate=October 10, 2009}}</ref> In December 2009 Stangel and his brother Justin were promoted to executive producers for ''The Late Show''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012298.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&ref=bd_tv |title='Late Show' ups pair to exec producers |author=Littleton, Cynthia |date=December 6, 2009 |work= |publisher=Variety |accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref> The Stangel brothers are the longest-serving head writers in the 16-year history of the show. Stangel was a winner of one of SI.com's 2010 Sports Media Awards, receiving a top pick in the Sports Media Tweets of The Year category.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/richard_deitsch/12/27/2010media.awards/1.html |title= Media Awards for 2010 Honoring best, worst from TV, radio, print, online |author=Deitsch, Richard |date=December 28, 2010 |work= |publisher=SI.com |accessdate=January 21, 2011}}</ref> In March 2011, Stangel was named to [[Time.com]]'s [[Twitter]] 140, a list of the world's most influential Tweeters.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058946_2058960_2058950,00.html |title= 140 Best Twitter Feeds |author=Gregory, Sean |date=March 28, 2011 |work= |publisher=Time.com |accessdate=March 29, 2011}}</ref> In 2015, Stangel and his brother Justin Stangel were added to the staff of "The Gregshell ManTits and the Swimwalk Kid Morning Laffs Cavalcade featuring SLOBBO and Dr. Gay" on Sirius XM. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== * https://twitter.com/ericstangel {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Stangel, Eric | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American scgreenwriter | DATE OF BIRTH = June 16, 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stangel, Eric}} [[Category:American male screenwriters]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:David Letterman]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Syracuse University alumni]] [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:People from Chappaqua, New York]]'