Eric Christopherson

Screenwriter and Author

Wooster, Ohio

Member Since:
July 2014

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About Eric

Eric Christopherson has more than 150,000 copies of his novels in circulation worldwide. He focuses on thrillers but will write in any genre with an intriguing concept. In recent years, he has worked with many independent film producers and directors interested in his original scripts and currently has a shopping agreement with a director.

He was born in California, grew up in New England, and has since lived throughout the United States and a bit in Asia. He now lives in semi-rural Ohio with his wife, Seiko, and their youngsters, Keith and Annabel.

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 11"

Weight:
150

Eyes:
Hazel

Badges

2024-11-05

Double Recommended Screenwriter

2024-11-05

Writers' Room Member

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Loglines

ROBO-HEIST IN CHINATOWN Budget: $10M - $30M | Crime In San Francisco, two Asian-American brothers get caught up in a bold scheme to rob a bank using armed robots.
STRANGE FORTRESS Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Horror Over the course of one night inside a brownstone mansion stuffed to the ceilings with his "collections," a wealthy hoarder, his attorney, and a female social worker face off against a team of robbers in a macabre PANIC ROOM.
VERTICAL Budget: $30M+ | Action ⋄ Thriller A window washer for a Manhattan skyscraper witnesses a strangulation murder through a window in the early morning hours and becomes trapped on his platform when the murderer determines to murder him too.
FRAME-UP Thriller ⋄ Crime A Latina homicide detective investigates the murder of a white cop, her lead suspect, a black journalist who claims to have framed himself for the murder to expose the arbitrary and deeply racist elements of the U.S. death penalty system.
BLUE HELL Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Mystery In "Blue Heaven," a Rocky Mountain hotspot for police retirees, a half-Native detective must solve the bow and arrow murders of two infamous white cops before her city implodes in racial violence.

Awards

Semifinalist Stage32 Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest
(2019)
Semifinalist Orb Media Group's China - Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship
(2018)
Top 50 Launch Pad Manuscript contest
(2017)
Second round Austin Film Festival screenplay contest
(2016)
Second round Austin Film Festival screenplay contest
(2015)
Quarterfinalist Zoetrope screenplay contest
(2015)

Education

Duke University