Eric Bress is an American screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

, film director

Film director

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 and producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

, probably best known for his work on the Final Destination series

Final Destination series

The Final Destination series is a series of horror films based on an unproduced script written by Jeffrey Reddick for the X-Files television series. Distributed by New Line Cinema, all five films are centered on the themes of fatalism, predestination, and precognition, in relation to death...

 and The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American sci-fi psychological thriller film that is written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart...

. He frequently collaborates with J. Mackye Gruber

J. Mackye Gruber

Jonathan Gruber, more commonly known as J. Mackye Gruber, is an American screenwriter and film director, probably best known for co-writing Final Destination 2 and co-writing and co-directing The Butterfly Effect....

.

His most recent project, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel is the first novel in the six book series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. It is written by Irish author Michael Scott and was published in May 2007...

, is in development.
He also has another project in development Blindsighted

Blindsighted

Blindsighted , is an award winning New York Times and Times bestseller psychological thriller novel, by author Karin Slaughter. It is the first of the Grant County, Georgia Series of books. It became an instant international success and was published in 23 different countries.It introduces the...

with his writing partner J. Mackye Gruber.

Bress went to school at Hackley, an independent school in Tarrytown, and is a graduate of Syracuse University

Syracuse University

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, where he studied film. He is originally from New York. He worked as a sound engineer before becoming a screenwriter.

Filmography

• Blindsighted
  Blindsighted
  Blindsighted , is an award winning New York Times and Times bestseller psychological thriller novel, by author Karin Slaughter. It is the first of the Grant County, Georgia Series of books. It became an instant international success and was published in 23 different countries.It introduces the...
  
  (2010) (screenplay)
• The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
  The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
  The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel is the first novel in the six book series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. It is written by Irish author Michael Scott and was published in May 2007...
  
  (2010) (screenplay)
• The Final Destination (2009) (screenplay)
• Kyle XY
  Kyle XY
  Kyle XY is an American television series with a science fiction premise and mystery-drama style. The central character is a teenage boy who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, with no more knowledge or abilities than a newborn. He is taken in by a family and given the name Kyle...
  
  (2006) (writer/executive producer)
• Final Destination 3
  Final Destination 3
  Final Destination 3 is a 2006 supernatural slasher film, and the third film in the Final Destination series. The film was directed and written by James Wong, who co-wrote and directed the first film, and was produced by Craig Perry. It was released in North America on February 10, 2006...
  
  (2006) (special thanks)
• Cellular
  Cellular (film)
  Cellular is a 2004 thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham and William H. Macy. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan, Larry Cohen and J...
  
  (2004) (screenplay) (uncredited)
• The Butterfly Effect
  The Butterfly Effect
  The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American sci-fi psychological thriller film that is written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart...
  
  (2004) (screenplay/director)
• Final Destination 2
  Final Destination 2
  Final Destination 2 is a 2003 supernatural horror film and the sequel to the 2000 film Final Destination and was directed by David R. Ellis. It was written by Jeffrey Reddick, Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. The film stars Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes and Tony Todd...
  
  (2003) (screenplay/story)
• Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life (2003) (cast)
• Blunt (1998) (writer/producer/cast)
• Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) (production assistant)

Family

Eric Bress is related to the Linker family. His mother Virginia was a Linker and married Mr. Dean Bress an attorney.
He has one sister Donna and three sons Johnny, Evan and Kevin.

External links

• Interview with Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber