R. Eric Lieb

R. Eric Lieb is an American writer currently working on The Callisto Protocol.

Career history

Previously, Lieb was a founding partner of Blacklight Transmedia with Zak Kadison, Mark Long and Joanna Alexander, under a first-look deal with Imagine Entertainment.[1] At Blacklight, Lieb focused on the creation and development of all film, video game, television, comic book and new media franchises.

Prior to Blacklight, Lieb was the Editor-in-Chief of Fox Atomic Comics and the Director of Development for Fox Atomic,[2][3] the youth-market film studio. Theatrical releases from the studio included Jennifer's Body, and I Love You Beth Cooper, and 28 Weeks Later. At Fox Atomic, Lieb created Fox Atomic Comics, working with publishing partners HarperCollins and Boom! Studios.[4]

Before joining Fox Atomic, Lieb held positions at Artisan Entertainment and Lionsgate, where he worked on such films as the Academy Award-winning Crash, as well as The Punisher, Saw, Saw II, The Devil's Rejects, and Hostel.

Education

Lieb graduated in 2001 with a BA from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television.

References
  1. Imagine's "Transmedia Storytelling" Deal http://www.deadline.com/2010/01/imagine-does-transmedia-storytelling-deal/
  2. Public symposium exploring the role of transmedia http://www.tft.ucla.edu/calendar/academic/transmedia/
  3. First Titles from Fox Atomic Comics by Trevor Soponis, PW Comics Week -- Publishers Weekly, 4/10/2007
  4. Ross Richie and Eric Lieb on the Boom! / Atomic Partnership http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20212/


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