Eric Newman

Newman and guest attend the Netflix “Bright” premiere on Dec. 13, 2017 at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, photo by cvanwagoner/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Eric J. Newman

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: December 31, 1970

Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – German

Eric Newman is an American film and television producer and writer. He is a showrunner of the series Narcos. He is the founder of production company Grand Electric.

His father is two-time Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist Randy Newman. His mother, Roswitha, was a German emigrant, who was born in 1944, in Düsseldorf, and moved to the U.S. in 1964. His father is from a Jewish family. His great-uncles, Lionel Newman, Emil Newman, and Alfred Newman, first cousins, once removed, Thomas Newman, David Newman, and Maria Newman, and second cousin, Joey Newman, are/were all prominent composers and musicians, many of them working in film.

He is married to Dana Stewart, with whom he has one child.

Eric’s paternal grandfather was Irving George Newman (the son of Michael Nemorofsky/Newman and Luba Koskoff/Kosakoff). Irving was born in Connecticut, to Russian Jewish parents. Eric’s great-grandfather Michael was born in Yelets, Gorod Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, the son of Michael Nemorofsky and Luba Garfosky. Luba was born in Elisavetgrad, the daughter of Yale Lewis Koskoff and Rossa Shapiro.

Eric’s paternal grandmother was Adele Fuchs/Fox (the daughter of Gustav/Gustave Fuchs/Fox and Regina “Rose” Ringer). Adele was born in either Louisiana, California, or New York, to Jewish parents from Galicia, Austria. Regina was the daughter of Sali.

Eric’s maternal grandfather was named Heinz Adolf Schmale. Heinz was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Eric’s maternal grandmother was named Ottilie Arbeiter.

Sources: Genealogy of Eric Newman – http://geni.com

Obituary of Eric’s mother – http://mtexpress.com