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For the engineering professor, see David Erickson (academic).

David C. Erickson (born 1970-71) is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating Fear the Walking Dead with Robert Kirkman, for which he was showrunner until the end of the third season; stepping down in order to make more shows for AMC. He also created the television series Canterbury’s Law, and wrote and produced for the television series, Sons of Anarchy and Low Winter Sun.[1][2][3][4] His most recent role is as showrunner for Mayor of Kingstown, signing on from its second season to its fifth and final season.[5] He was also showrunner for Tulsa King‘s third season and was initially set to showrun its first spin-off under the name NOLA King, but that has been scrapped and the show will now be produced by Taylor Sheridan under the title, Frisco King.[6]

In 2021, he signed an overall deal with MRC, but it is unknown where that has landed.[7] During late November 2025, he sued AMC Networks over unpaid profits.[8]

Writing Credits

Films

Year Film Role
2002 Power and Beauty Co-writer with William Bast and Paul Huson
2002 Murder in Greenwhich Writer
2003 D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Writer
2004 The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story Writer
2015 Water Damage Actor
2015 Appleton Actor

Television

Canterbury’s Law (2008)

  • 1.01 – “Pilot”

Sons of Anarchy (2008)

  • 1.07 – “Old Bones“
  • 1.11 – “Capybara” (co-written with Kurt Sutter)
  • 2.03 – “Fix”
  • 2.10 – “Balm” (co-written with Stevie Long)
  • 2.12 – “The Culling” (co-written with Kurt Sutter)
  • 3.02 – “Oiled” (co-written with Kurt Sutter)
  • 3.05 – “Turning and Turning” (co-written with Marco Ramirez)
  • 3.08 – “Lochán Mór” (co-written with Liz Sagal and Kurt Sutter)
  • 3.11 – “Bainne” (co-written with Regina Corrado and Kurt Sutter)
  • 3.13 – “NS” (co-written with Kurt Sutter)
  • 4.02 – “Booster” (co-written with Chris Collins)
  • 4.05 – “Brick” (co-written with Brady Dahl)
  • 4.08 “Family Recipe” (co-written with Brady Dahl)
  • 4.12 – “Burnt and Purged Away” (co-written with Kurt Sutter)

Low Winter Sun (2013)

  • 1.03 – “No Rounds”
  • 1.08 – “Revelations”

Believe (2014)

  • 1.05 “White Noise”

Marco Polo (2014)

  • 1.06 – “White Moon”

Fear the Walking Dead (2015)

Mayor of Kingstown (2021)

  • 2.01 – “Never Missed a Pigeon” (co-written with Taylor Sheridan)
  • 2.10 – “Little Green Ant” (co-written with Regina Corrado)
  • 3.01 – “Soldier’s Heart”
  • 3.10 – “Comeuppance”
  • 4.01 – “Coming ‘Round the Mountain”
  • 4.10 – “Belly of the Beast”

Tulsa King (2022)

  • 3.01 – “Blood and Bourbon” (co-written with Sylvester Stallone)
  • 3.09 – “Dead Weight” (storyboarded with Daniel C. Connolly and Ildy Modrovich)
  • 3.10 – “Jesus Lizard” (co-written with Sylvester Stallone)

Personal life

From Raynham, Massachusetts, Erickson attended UMass-Amherst as a sophomore and studied Shakespeare in Sheffield, England for a semester. In 1993, at the age of 22, he moved to Los Angeles to begin his career in Hollywood, all the while taking classes at the University of Southern California. After numerous jobs as a production assistant, an executive at Showtime read one of his scripts, ultimately landing him work on Power and Beauty. [9]

He is now married to television producer and screenwriter, Sheri Elwood and has two sons and a daughter named Ella.[10]

References

  1. ^ Ross, Dalton (August 23, 2015). “Fear the Walking Dead showrunner Dave Erickson breaks down the premiere”. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. ^ “The Storytellers: How Dave Erickson And Robert Kirkman Went Off-Script With “Fear The Walking Dead”“. fastcocreate.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (August 21, 2015). “Here’s What AMC’s ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Won’t Show”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  4. ^ “‘Fear the Walking Dead’: Show runner Dave Erickson reveals new details”. Los Angeles Times. May 18, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. “Dave Erickson Re-Ups Overall Deal With MTVE Studios As ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’ Opens Season 4 Writers Room”. deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ^ Rice, Lynette. “‘NOLA King’ Looks For New Showrunner After Dave Erickson Steps Away Due To Scheduling Issues”. deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2021-02-24). “Dave Erickson Inks Overall Deal With MRC Television, Sets Series Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Jaunt’“. Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  8. ^ Maddaus, Gene (2025-11-19) “Dave Erickson Sues AMC Over Unpaid Profits”
  9. ^ Parkou Weinstein, Susan (March 20, 2008). “‘True crime’ pays off for Raynham screenwriter”. The Enterprise. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  10. ^ Anderson, Derek (2017-9-9) “What’s to Come in the Second Half of Season 3”