Eric Andrew Heisserer 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.
Heisserer in 2021
Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the project as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, and Michael Stuhlbarg appear in supporting roles.
Theatrical release poster
The film was the brainchild of screenwriter Eric Heisserer conceived in order to popularize the works of Ted Chiang.
Director Denis Villeneuve had been seeking out a science fiction film to make prior to being approached to direct.
The municipality of Saint-Fabien, Quebec doubled for the state of Montana.