Erik Hyman is a partner and global co-chair of the Entertainment and Media practice and is Chair of the Century City Office. Erik is well known in the entertainment industry as a cutting-edge dealmaker and a fierce protector of his clients, which include award-winning movie stars, high-level television creators and showrunners, lead cast members of popular programs on scripted and unscripted television, “first-dollar-gross” producers and preeminent writers and directors. He is a tenacious champion for his diverse clients, whether they are creative individuals, film financiers or high-net-worth families making entertainment and media industry investments. Erik also works closely with multiple publicly traded, nonentertainment companies, steering their television and motion picture industry strategies and branded entertainment projects.

Erik negotiates vanguard talent transactions; structures the financing, acquisition and sale of independent films; and builds major endorsement campaigns and product lines. He also advises companies regarding strategies for the production and exploitation of content for digital platforms.

Erik is a frequent public speaker and serves as chairman of the board of the Herb Ritts Foundation, a private charitable foundation focused on HIV/AIDS research and advocacy.

• Variety, Legal Impact Report (2025)
• Lawdragon, The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers (2025)
• The Legal 500 USA, Media and Entertainment: Transactional (2022)
• Chambers USA, Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent (2022-2024)
• Thomson Reuters, “Southern California Rising Star” in Entertainment & Sports (2006–2007)

• Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
• Managing Editor, Columbia/VLA Journal of Law and the Arts
• Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
• University of Michigan, B.A.