EXECUTION COPY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Beth Clarke,
Patrick Dennis, Zachary Edelman, Kevin Finch, Eric Hausner,
Harold H. Henderson and Meredith Jackson, and each of them,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each of them with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all reports and forms
required under Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, including but not limited to all Form 3,
Form 4 and Form 5 filings, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission), granting
unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to such
reports and forms or any amendments or supplements thereto
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that any of said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be terminated at any time by the
undersigned by written notice to each of the
attorneys-in-fact and the Commission; provided, however, that
such termination shall not affect the validity of any lawful
action done or performed by the attorneys-in-fact or any of
them, pursuant thereto, prior to the actual receipt of notice
by the attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 20th day of July, 2021.


Signature:	/s/ James G. Krause
Name:  James G. Krause