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Eric Heisserer

エリック・ハイセラー　/　えりっく・はいせらー

American screenwriter

January 1, 1970 (age 56)　・　Norman, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma
screenwriter
film director
film producer

My Take

Heisserer is the kind of writer whose arc I love to track. He started in horror remakes and reboots, the unglamorous trenches of screenwriting, and then turned around and adapted Ted Chiang's cerebral 'Story of Your Life' into Arrival, earning an Academy Award nomination for Adapted Screenplay. Translating a story about language and nonlinear time into a film about grief and hope is no small feat. With a Saturn Award and credits across comics and television too, this Oklahoma-born craftsman is proof that patient, unflashy work pays off. He's exactly the sort of screenwriter whose name deserves to be remembered.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Eric Heisserer
Name (Japanese): エリック・ハイセラー
Reading: えりっく・はいせらー
Born: January 1, 1970 (age 56)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dog
Origin: Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / film director / film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Saturn Awards

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC

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