Eric Overmyer

Eric Overmyer is a writer and producer. He has written and/or produced numerous TV shows, including "St. Elsewhere", "", "Law & Order", "The Wire" and "New Amsterdam".

He graduated as a theater major from Reed college in 1973.Cite web|url=http://web.reed.edu/apply/about_reed/notable_alumni/notable_alumni_indies.html|title=Reed College Notable Alumni - The Independents|accessdate=2007-10-14|publisher=Reed College|year=2007] He credits his time at the college for helping him find and claim his identity as a writer.

Overmyer joined the crew of "The Wire" in the shows fourth season as a consulting producer and writer.Cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/crew/season_4.shtml|title=Season 4 crew|accessdate=2007-10-14|publisher=HBO|year=2007] He had previously worked with the show's creator David Simon on "Homicide" where the two became friends.Cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/TheWireHBO/exclusive-17.html|title=Exclusive David Simon Q&A|accessdate=2007-10-14|publisher=AOL|year=2007] He also contributed the teleplays and co-wrote the stories for the episodes "Margin of Error"cite web
year = 2006
title = Episode guide - episode 43 Margin of Error
publisher = HBO
accessdate = 2006-10-09
url = http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode06.shtml] cite episode
title = Margin of Error
episodelink = Margin of Error (The Wire episode)
series = The Wire
serieslink = The Wire (TV series)
credits = Ed Burns, Eric Overmeyer
writers =
network = HBO
station =
city =
airdate = 2004-10-15
season = 4
number = 06] and "Misgivings".cite web
year = 2006
title = Episode guide - episode 47 Misgivings
publisher = HBO
accessdate = 2007-03-29
url = http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode47.shtml] cite episode
title = Misgivings
episodelink = Misgivings
series = The Wire
serieslink = The Wire (TV series)
credits = Ed Burns, Eric Overmyer
writers = Ed Burns, Eric Overmyer
network = HBO
station =
city =
airdate = 2004-11-19
season = 4
number = 10] He was brought in to fill the role of George Pelecanos as a full-time writer producer. Simon has said that he was impressed with Overmyers writing particularly in synthesising the story for "Margin of Error" as the episode is the height of the show's political storyline but must also progress other plot threads. As a member of the permanent writing staff Overmyer has been credited as overseeing the domestic storyline of Jimmy McNulty and "smartly fleshing out" some of his key scenes.

Overmyer is collaborating with Simon again on a project about musicians in post-Katrina New Orleans.Cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/22/071022fa_fact_talbot?currentPage=1|title=Stealing Life|accessdate=2007-10-14|publisher=The New Yorker|year=2007|author=Margaret Talbot] Overmyer lives part-time in New Orleans and Simon believes his experience will be valuable in navigating the "ornate oral tradition" of the city's stories. The show will focus on a working class neighborhood and will be smaller in scope than "The Wire". HBO have commissioned a pilot script of the series but it has not received a "green-light".

Published plays

His plays have been published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. and include:

*"Alki" (adaption of "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen)
*"Amphitryon" (adaption of "Giraudoux and von Kleist")
*"Dark Rapture"
*"Don Quixote de La Jolla"
*"Figar/Figaro"
*"The Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin and Louis Chauvin"
*"In a Pig's Valise"
*"In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe"
*"Mi Vida Loca"
*"Native Speech"
*"On the Verge"

External links

*imdb name|id=0653899|name=Eric Overmyer

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