Graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema- Television, otherwise known as the USC School of Cinematic Arts, in Los Angeles, Eric Newman is a producer of films and television. He established his company and named it 'Grand Electric'. He worked on
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and aborted, being a television producer to patch up with the creator and producer of Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michael, to work in his production, Broadway Video, as an executive producer. The 90s had been an amazing experience for Newman. In 1992, when Newman had been the Production Assistant, 'Wayne’s World', comprising the star cast
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and Dana Carvey, was released. Next in 1995, Newman had been the Production Associate when 'Tommy Boy' starring
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and David Spade were released. Furthermore, he occupied the seats of associate producer for Farley and Spade’s '
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'.
Later in 1999, Newman became a part of the Beacon Pictures, then known as the Beacon Communications, as a development and production executive. In 2002, 'The Emperor’s Club', a drama was performed when Newman was the executive producer, having a star cast which included,
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and Michael Hoffman.
Newman in his career has mostly produced horror films as earlier he loved watching horror releases, now, often, he is also known as the producer of horror films. In his days, he enjoyed watching 'Dawn of the Dead' and so he produced a remake of the Zombie genre film so that the movie along with the concept of Zombie could get the deserved attention and appreciation, hence it was released in 2004, and it did receive a huge response at the
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. He continued with his genre in horror till 2006, when 'Slither' and 'Children of the Men' were released. Out of these two, 'Children of the Men' received applauses and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Besides concentrating on his genre, Newman also side worked with executive producing other films which include, the documentary, 'The Possibility of Hope', in 2007, and the drama 'Flash of Genius', directed by Marc Abraham, in 2008. Back to his genre, '
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' got released in 2010, while, '
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' was brought to the audience in 2011. Newman along with his co-producers were nominated for his film 'The Last Exorcism', at the Independent Spirit Awards, for the Best First Feature, in 2010.
A script was written by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland for the film '
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', which was produced by Newman, in 2011. In 2011, another film '
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' got released which was a Newman production too. Newman collaborated with
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, and the combination produced a few movies together, which includes, 'The Last Exorcism', 'The Man with the Iron Fists' (2012) and 'Hemlock Grove' (2012-2015), a TV series.
After the formation of the Grand Electric, Newman’s production company, he accepted the offer of the Studio Canal, a French-based production and distribution company. Jacob Jaffke collaborated with Grand Electric as the Head of Development, in January 2015. Grand Electric works in the U.S and European markets. Eric, who is also associated with Grand Electric as an executive producer, runs a show on Netflix named, 'Narcos'.
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