Eric Heisserer

Eric Andrew Heisserer (born 1970) is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, television writer, and television producer. His screenplay for the film Arrival earned him a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the 89th Academy Awards in 2016.

Works

Shadow and Bone
7.8

Shadow and Bone

In a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, a young soldier uncovers a power that might finally unite her country. But as she struggles to hone her power, dangerous forces plot against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins and saints are at war now, and it will take more than magic to survive.

Release Date: 2021-04-23

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 16

Vote Count: 1431

6.7

Bloodshot

After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine—'Bloodshot'. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.

Release Date: 2020-03-05

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 5033

6.8

Bird Box

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Release Date: 2018-12-13

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 10105

6.0

Extinction

A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.

Release Date: 2018-07-15

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1865

7.0

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters within their fields of expertise, alien ship and being design, costumes, alien language construction, and Denis Villeneuve's work.

Release Date: 2017-02-14

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

7.6

Arrival

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Release Date: 2016-11-10

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 18226

6.4

Lights Out

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

Release Date: 2016-07-21

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 3923

6.6

Hours

A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Release Date: 2013-12-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 754

6.2

The Thing

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.

Release Date: 2011-10-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2994

6.1

Final Destination 5

Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

Release Date: 2011-08-12

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 3553

5.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street

The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl, a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this twisted killer.

Release Date: 2010-04-30

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2749

Division by Zero

A professor of mathematics discovers that 1=0, upending the universal foundation of math and ultimately, the foundation of her relationship with her husband. As they both learn to find new meaning in this enlightened world, they must begin to confront the deterioration of their love, while also helping end the worldwide catastrophic events that her new formula has created.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Dissolution

A woman dives into her husband’s memories to uncover a decades-old feud threatening reality itself.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Your Name

Two teenagers discover they are magically and intermittently swapping bodies. When a disaster threatens to upend their lives, they must journey to meet and save their worlds.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

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