Erica Messer

Erica Messer is an American television writer, producer, and story editor. Since 2011, she has been the showrunner of Criminal Minds after being one of the main writers since the premiere in 2005. She has written episodes for television such as Alias, The O.C., Charmed, and Criminal Minds. She has also co-produced two shows: Charmed and Criminal Minds, as well as acting as a story editor on Alias and executive story editor on The O.C.

Career Messer began her career with the television series Alias in 2001 as a screenwriter. In 2002, she was promoted to story editor on Alias. Messer, then in 2003–04, wrote several episodes for The O.C. and serving as executive story editor. She wrote one episode for Charmed in 2004. From 2004 to 2005, Messer was the co-producer of Charmed. From 2005 to the present, she has been with the television series Criminal Minds as a screenwriter, producer, supervising producer, and executive producer. In 2010, Messer was named co-showrunner. In 2014, CBS was looking for a spin-off. In 2015, Messer wrote the backdoor pilot episode "Beyond Borders" in the tenth season of Criminal Minds for which the spin-off Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders was created. Messer has also co-written multiple episodes of Criminal Minds with star Kirsten Vangsness.

Filmography

Television credits Year Work Role Notes 2001Alias Co-screenwriter with Debra J. Fisher "Mea Culpa" (S 1:Ep 9) 2002 "Rendezvous" (S 1:Ep 21) "Passage (Part 1)" (S 2:Ep 8) 2003 The O.C. "The Heights" (S 1:Ep 9) "The Links" (S 1:Ep 16) 2004 Charmed "Once in a Blue Moon" (S 7:Ep 6) 2005 Co-screenwriter with Rob Wright & Debra J. Fisher "Show Ghouls" (S 7:Ep 15) 2005–present Criminal Minds Written and/or co-written 75 episodes and counting 2006 The O.C. Staff writer "The Summer Bummer" (S 4:Ep 6) 2016–17 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Written 3 episodes

Production credits Year Work Role Notes 2002–03 Alias Story editor 22 episodes 2003–04 The O.C. Executive story editor 26 episodes 2004–05 Charmed Co-producer 20 episodes 2005–2020 Criminal Minds 246 episodes+ 2016–17 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Executive producer (2016–17)