Eric Bress

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::summary American screenwriter ::

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Field	Value
name	Eric Bress
birth_place	United States
occupation	Film director, screenwriter, film producer
known_for	The Butterfly Effect
Final Destination 2
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| name = Eric Bress | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter, film producer | years_active = | known_for = The Butterfly Effect Final Destination 2 | notable_works = 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.

His project, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, was previously in development. Since 2012, when the rights were optioned by AMPCO Films, he is no longer attached as 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. He worked as a sound engineer before becoming a screenwriter.

Filmography

Film

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Title	Year	Credited as	Notes	Director	Producer	Writer	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Blunt	Final Destination 2	The Butterfly Effect	Cellular	The Final Destination	Ghosts of War
1997				Production assistant
1998
2003
2004
2004				Script revisions (uncredited)
2009
2020
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Television

::data[format=table] | Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | Creator | Director | Writer | Executive producer | Kyle XY | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2006–09 | | | | | ABC Family | Wrote 2 episodes | | | | ::

References

References

1. "Eric Bress". Filmbug.
2. {{IMDb title. 907706. The Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
3. DVDTalk.com. "The Butterfly Effect - Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber". Dvdtalk.com.

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