Name Eric Gurian | Role Film producer | |
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Awards PGA Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic - Outstanding Digital Series Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs Similar Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Jack McBrayer, Amy Poehler, Tracey Wigfield | ||
Eric Andrew Gurian is an American film and television producer, director and writer. He currently runs Tina Fey's production company Little Stranger.
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Career
Eric Gurian is a thirteen-time Emmy nominated producer and two-time PGA winner. He was also part of the producing team which was honored with the Peabody Award in 2007. His credits include 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Saturday Night Live, Sisters, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, and Baby Mama. He began his career as an NBC Page after graduating from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Gurian is on the board of the Newhouse 44 at Syracuse University and previously on the board of the Innovators Guild at the University Settlement House in New York City. He is a frequent adjunct professor at New York University at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Personal Life
Gurian is politically active and supports many causes. On March 31, 2017 he founded Stand For Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU as a telethon for Facebook Live. The benefit drew talent including Tom Hanks, Usher, Norah Jones, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and more. It received an Emmy nomination, which was the first of it's kind for Facebook.