Eric Bress

Eric Bress
Born	United States
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Known for	The Butterfly Effect Final Destination 2

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 project, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel , was previously in development. ^[2] Since 2012, when the rights were optioned by AMPCO Films, he is no longer attached as the screenwriter.^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Film

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

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

1. "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.

External links

• Eric Bress at IMDb
• Interview with Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber