BIO

Eric Delabarre
Writer - Director

After receiving a Bachelors degree in Business Marketing, and minors in music and theater arts from Fresno State University, Eric DelaBarre began his career with Executive Producer Dick Wolf on the NBC series Nasty Boys which was shot on location in his hometown, Las Vegas, Nevada. Starring Benjamin Bratt (Traffic, The Great Raid, The Set Up) and Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue) Nasty Boys was cancelled after airing only 13 episodes in the fall of 1990. Eric then began work for Dick Wolf on the critic coined "long shot" Law & Order which enlisted a never seen format of; half hour cop show and a half hour lawyer show. After six years with Law & Order, and gaining membership to the prestigious Writers Guild of America, Eric left the comforts and steady pay of Universal Television to become a Freelance Writer/Director.

In the spring of 1997, he wrote, produced and directed Stop The Cycle, a national anti-smoking commercial for The American Lung Association. Subsequently, Eric was nominated Best Director in the national commercial category for the ITS Monitor Award, competing against corporate giants such as Coca-Cola, NFL Films, Budweiser, and Ford Motor Cars.

After penning two episodes for the USA Network show The Big Easy, DelaBarre threw caution to the wind by entering the Independent feature film business in 1999. Maxing out 22 credit cards, he wrote, produced, and directed his debut film Kate's Addiction. Subsequently, he was awarded the Filmmaker of the future at the Newport Beach International Film Festival and has been written up in the LA Times, Daily Varity, and Hollywood Reporter. His work has been seen on HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz Encore and the USA Network. Eric has been a member of The Writers Guild of America since 1997 and Women in Film since 1999.  Eric’s debut book, Why Not; Start Living Your Life Today has been endorsed by NY Times best-selling authors Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup) John Gray (Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus), as well as ABC News, Awareness Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly and Fitness Magazine. 

Most recently, Eric served as President of the Santa Monica Boys & Girls Club Council as they had their most successful auction in the history of the club. Eric is currently adapting Neale Donald Walsch's NY Times Best Selling book, Conversations With God, Executive Producing a his latest project, Competition America, which will change millions of lives before one episode even airs. 

Eric DelaBarre lives and works in Santa Monica, California. 

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