Eric Lee Bergren (April 27, 1954[1] – July 14, 2016) was an American screenwriter.
He studied theatre arts at the University of Southern California.
[2] Based on works of Frederick Treves and Ashley Montagu about Joseph Merrick, Bergren wrote the script for the 1980 film The Elephant Man together with director David Lynch and fellow screenwriter Christopher De Vore.
Together with Christopher De Vore and Nicholas Kazan, Bergren also wrote the script for Frances, a biopic about American actress and television host Frances Farmer.
Bergren died on July 14, 2016, aged 62, in Pasadena due to complications from stage 4 liver cancer, which had been diagnosed a few months earlier.