Eric Bress is an American screenwriter, film director and producer, best known for his work on the Final Destination series and The Butterfly Effect. He frequently collaborates with J. Mackye Gruber.[1]

His most recent project, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, is in development.[2] Since 2012, when the rights were optioned by AMPCO Films, and he is no longer the screenwriter.

Bress received a secondary education from Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, and is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he studied film. He is originally from New York.[3] He worked as a sound engineer before becoming a screenwriter.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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Title Year Credited as Notes
Director Producer Writer
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 1997 No No No Production assistant
Blunt 1998 No Yes Yes
Final Destination 2 2003 No No Yes
The Butterfly Effect 2004 Yes No Yes
Cellular 2004 No No No Script revisions (uncredited)
The Final Destination 2009 No No Yes
Ghosts of War 2020 Yes No Yes

Television

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Title Year Credited as Network Notes
Creator Director Writer Executive
producer
Kyle XY 2006–09 Yes No Yes Yes ABC Family Wrote 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b "Eric Bress". Filmbug. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  2. ^ The Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel at IMDb
  3. ^ DVDTalk.com. "The Butterfly Effect - Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
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