Erik Jendresen

Born 1959 · American screenwriter

Erik Jendresen is an American author, playwright, screenwriter and producer. His projects include HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Killing Lincoln, co-produced with Tony and Ridley Scott for the National Geographic Channel; a series based on the Francis Ford Coppola film, The Conversation ; The Pony Express ; an eight-hour adaptation of Gregory Maguire's novel, Wicked (ABC); an eight-hour miniseries Majestic-12; and The Command - a series set in the world of the Joint Special Operations Command (FIC). He also co-wrote the seventh and eighth installments of the Mission: Impossible film series with McQuarrie.

Erik Jendresen, in order

1. 2001 Band of Brothers (TV series): produced · directed by David Frankel and David Leland · critics 94%, audiences 97% · streaming on HBO Max
2. 2007 Sublime: wrote · directed by Tony Krantz
3. 2010 The Big Bang: wrote, produced · directed by Tony Krantz
4. 2012 American Housewife: wrote · directed by David Slade
5. 2015 Ithaca: wrote · directed by Meg Ryan
6. 2023 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One: wrote · directed by Christopher McQuarrie · critics 96%, audiences 94% · streaming on Paramount+
7. 2025 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: wrote · directed by Christopher McQuarrie