“WHO’S THIS!?” the voice of a grumpy old man answers.

The author directing a television pilot on a sound stage in Orlando, Florida.

Martin Landau attends the Tim Burton Hand and Footprint Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on Sept. 8, 2016, in Hollywood, California.

Robert Culp from "I Spy" arrives at NBC's 75th anniversary celebration on May 5, 2002, at New York's Rockefeller Center.  

The author (right) and Robert Culp in the 2006 indie comedy The Almost Guys.

The author scouting in Puerto Rico for the film Piragua.

Eric Fleming has spent nearly 30 years writing, directing and developing film and television projects, collaborating with major studios including Paramount, United Artists, Warner Bros., NBC, MTV and Fox. As an educator, he redesigned Valencia College’s film production curriculum and Florida’s statewide framework to center narrative as the foundation of technical craft. He has secured over $2 million in grant-funded film equipment, established endowed scholarships, championed diverse voices, and helped lead the design of a $15M production facility. Fleming is currently in post-production on a TV pilot, “American Kindness.”

This article originally appeared on HuffPost in May 2026.