Biography
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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bloodshot
2020
Screenplay
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman,...
Bird Box
2018
Screenplay, Executive Producer
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.
Extinction
2018
Screenplay
A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017
as Self
A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters ...
Arrival
2016
Screenplay, Executive Producer
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 ...
Lights Out
2016
Screenplay, Producer
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spir...
Hours
2013
Director, Writer
A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The Thing
2011
Writer
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that une...
Final Destination 5
2011
Screenplay
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 coll...
A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010
Screenplay
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 o...
Division by Zero
N/A
Writer, Producer
A professor of mathematics discovers that 1=0, upending the universal foundation of math and ultimately, the foundation of her relationship with her h...
Dissolution
N/A
Writer, Producer
A woman dives into her husband’s memories to uncover a decades-old feud threatening reality itself.
Your Name
N/A
Writer
Two teenagers discover they are magically and intermittently swapping bodies. When a disaster threatens to upend their lives, they must journey to mee...