Eric Bress
# Eric Bress

Eric Bress is an American screenwriter, film director and producer, probably best known for his work on the Final Destination series and The Butterfly Effect. He frequently collaborates with J. Mackye Gruber.

His most recent project, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, is in development. Since 2012 when the rights were optioned by AMPCO Films, he is no longer 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

| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
| 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

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Network | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Creator | Director | Writer | Executive producer | Network | Notes |
| Kyle XY | 2006–09 | Yes | No | Yes (2) | Yes | ABC Family | |
