埃里克·延德雷森 （Erik Jendresen） 是一位作家，也是戏剧、电视和电影的作家和制片人。作为 2001 年 HBO 广受好评的迷你剧《兄弟连》的监制，詹德雷森是当年艾美奖“杰出迷你剧”的获得者之一，他与汤姆·汉克斯和史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格等人分享了该奖项。作为首席编剧，詹德雷森还分享了该节目的艾美奖“迷你剧、电影或戏剧特别节目杰出写作”类别的提名。该节目还获得了金球奖“最佳迷你剧或电视电影”奖，以及包括皮博迪奖在内的其他 20 个奖项。

詹德雷森参与了多个处于不同开发阶段的项目，包括国家地理电影公司的《高乐轩》（罗伯特·雷德福主演）、《热区》（根据理查德·普雷斯顿的小说改编）、《火》（根据塞巴斯蒂安·荣格的同名小说改编）、《300 斯巴达人》、《解释希特勒》、《库斯托》、《不朽者》、《地心之旅》、《星际迷航》的前传、 一部 4 小时的迷你剧《Majestic-12》，一部根据罗伯特·杜瓦尔的《小马快车》历史改编的电视连续剧，一部根据弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉的电影改编的电视连续剧，与克里斯托弗·麦夸里合作的《对话》，一部与 NBC 合作的电视连续剧《火星》，一部与梅兰妮·格里菲斯合作的电视连续剧《神经衰弱》，以及与萨尔玛·海耶克和 ABC 合作改编的 8 小时迷你剧《邪恶：西方邪恶女巫的生活和时代》。

作为电影的编剧/制片人，他的项目包括由托尼·克兰茨执导、汤姆·卡瓦纳和凯瑟琳·约克主演的《崇高》、《美国巫毒教》、《奥的斯》（与导演托尼·克兰茨合作）、《生活大爆炸》（由安东尼奥·班德拉斯和山姆·埃利奥特主演）、《最后的总统》（由安霍尼·德拉赞执导）、《人间喜剧》（由梅格·瑞恩执导）、由克里斯托弗·麦夸里执导的《圣埃克斯》、 以及安东尼奥·班德拉斯执导的《独奏》。

詹德雷森还出版了几本书，其中大部分涉及秘鲁和亚马逊盆地的社会人类学，包括《四风之舞》及其续集《太阳岛》（均基于阿尔贝托·维洛尔多的日记并与阿尔贝托·维洛尔多合著）和儿童读物《有史以来的第一个故事》（也与维洛尔多合著）。“哈努曼”（与约书亚·格林和李明合著）是为孩子们重述《罗摩衍那》的一部分。

他还是剧本《恶意预想》、《对不起我的尘埃》和《迈克尔·马洛伊之死》的作者。

Erik Jendresen is an author as well as a writer and producer for plays, television, and film. As a supervising producer of the critically-acclaimed mini-series "Band of Brothers" for HBO in 2001, Jendresen was one of the recipients of that year's Emmy Award for "Outstanding Miniseries", which he shared with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, among others. As lead writer, Jendresen also shared an Emmy nomination for that show in the category of "Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special". The show also resulted in a Golden Globe Award for "Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television", and 20 other awards, including the Peabody Award.

Jendresen is attached to multiple projects in various stages of development, including National Geographic Films' Aloft (starring Robert Redford), The Hot Zone (based on Richard Preston's novel) Fire (based on the Sebastian Junger book of the same name), The 300 Spartans, Explaining Hitler, Cousteau, The Immortals, Journey to the Center of the Earth, a prequel to Star Trek, a 4-hour miniseries, "Majestic-12", a television series based on the history of The Pony Express with Robert Duvall, a television series based on the Francis Ford Coppola film, "The Conversation", with Christopher McQuarrie, a television series "Mars" with NBC, a television series "Neurasthenia" with Melanie Griffith, and an 8-hour miniseries adaptation of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" with Salma Hayek and ABC.

As a writer/producer for film his projects include "Sublime", directed by Tony Krantz and starring Tom Cavanagh and Kathleen York, "American Voodoo", "Otis" (with director Tony Krantz), "The Big Bang" (starring Antonio Banderas and Sam Elliott, "The Last President" (directed by Anhony Drazan), "The Human Comedy" (directed by Meg Ryan), "Saint-Ex", directed by Christopher McQuarrie, and "Solo", directed by Antonio Banderas.

Jendresen also has to his credit several books, most of which deal with the socio-anthropology of Peru and the Amazon Basin, including "Dance of the Four Winds" and its sequel "Island of the Sun" (both based upon the journals of and co-written with Alberto Villoldo) and the children's book "The First Story Ever Told" (also with Villoldo). "Hanuman" (with Joshua M. Greene, and Li Ming) is a re-telling for children of a portion of the Ramayana.

He is also author of the plays "Malice Aforethought", "Excuse My Dust", and "The Killing of Michael Malloy".