Eric Allen Bell (born August 27, 1973)[1] is a documentary film writer and director.
[2] In 2012, he received significant media coverage for his views on Islam.
[6][7] He was a contributor to the Daily Kos,[8] but after a series of posts critical of Islam, he was banned from the website.
He then became a self-styled counter-jihad activist, and in 2012 he claimed to have received a wave of death threats as he was mistakenly thought to have made the trailer for Innocence of Muslims.
[9][2][10] He stated that "Four Pakistani newspapers have accused me of being the filmmaker and called for my death," and that "I have been moved to a number of safe houses.