Eric Lodal (born January 30, 1976) is an American screenwriter, creator, producer and director.

He has written and developed original television series and feature films for Warner Brothers, F/X, TNT, Fox Studios, Sonar, Sony and New Regency.

Lodal is currently working on several projects including a dramatic rendering of the Kennedy presidency, which he has developed with novelist Scott Lasser (Battle Creek, True Detective) and Zona, a new crime series set in the world of human trafficking.

Lodal spent his twenties engaged in a number of diverse professional pursuits, ranging from classical music to politics and investment banking.

from Yale University with a double major in economics and music, and a master's degree from The Juilliard School.