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Eric Heisserer

Awards

Eric Heisserer

16 wins & 34 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner Saturn Award
    • Best Writing
    • Arrival

Bram Stoker Awards

  • Sandra Bullock, Julian Edwards, and Vivien Lyra Blair in Bird Box (2018)
    2018 Nominee Bram Stoker Award
    • Screenplay
    • Bird Box

BAFTA Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay (Adapted)
    • Arrival

Critics Choice Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Daytime Emmy Awards

  • Stranger Adventures (2006)
    2007 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding Broadband Program - Drama
    • Stranger Adventures
    For episode "Ian Hollister and the Haunted Hospital".
    Shared with: Chris Tyler · Anne-Marie Mackay · Lawrence Bridges · Joshua Gause · Richie Solomon · Saul Tumax · Hal Long · Amy Lindsay · Michael Silberman · Christopher Kubasik · Jan Wieringa · Mark Irvingsen

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Hugo Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
    • Arrival
    Shared with: Ted Chiang · Denis Villeneuve

Humanitas Prize

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Feature Film Category
    • Arrival

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Arrival

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival
    Shared with: Ted Chiang

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner Bradbury Award
    • Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
    • Arrival
    Shared with: Denis Villeneuve

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 2nd Place SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

SXSW Film Festival

  • Paul Walker in Hours (2013)
    2013 Nominee Audience Award
    • Narrative Spotlight
    • Hours

USC Scripter Award

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Film
    • Arrival
    Adapted from the novella "Story of Your Life"
    Shared with: Ted Chiang

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival
    Based on the story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

Empire Awards, UK

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Arrival

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Arrival

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
    • Arrival

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 2nd Place COFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 2nd Place SLFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Arrival

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 2nd Place IFJA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner DFCC
    • Best Screenplay
    • Arrival

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 2nd Place UFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner OFCC Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Arrival

Online Film & Television Association

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 2nd Place OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Arrival

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Screenplay of the Year
    • Arrival

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Arrival
    6th place.

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner NCFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Arrival

Gold Derby Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2020 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay of the Decade
    • Arrival
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Nevada Film Critics Society

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner NFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Hawaii Film Critics Society

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

Dragon Awards

  • Ben Barnes, Archie Renaux, and Jessie Mei Li in Shadow and Bone (2021)
    2021 Nominee Dragon Award
    • Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series
    • Shadow and Bone
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Dragon Award
    • Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
    • Arrival
    Shared with: Denis Villeneuve

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Arrival

VHS Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Winner VHS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Arrival

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