J. Eric Thompson

Writer | Filmmaker

Screenplays

Feature

Feature

Finalist - Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest

2nd Round - Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest

Quarterfinalist - Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship

One-Hour Drama Pilot

3Busy Pictures Presents

When All the Animals Are Gone

Ain't no more melons gettin' poked.

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Writing Samples

Film Criticism

Short Fiction

Christopher Nolan is chasing himself in circles, M. Night Shyamalan can't stop chasing Hitchcock, and Wes Anderson has chased himself up his own ass. 

A guide to protecting Mama's melons, future music makes criminals dance, helping Grandpa feel young again, the real victims of a fake flood, and the rescission of a MacArthur Grant.

Film Reviews

You missed the point of The Great Gatsby.

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Also: The American • Black Swan • City of Ember • Hereafter • The Pacific • Snowpiercer • The Social Network • Tetro • The Town

Essays & Opinion

Robin Hood was (apparently) an asshole, Facebook ruins birthdays, servers aren't servants, Central Park should be a panda sanctuary, we are not salvageable (right?), learning your parents are people, too many adults don't read good, there are more dildos in modern art than I expected, millinery is awesome, an artist's creation belongs to us, and an honest American case for less murder and (slightly) more suicide.

Contact

To contact Eric for work, collaboration, or to repay that twenty bucks he forgot he loaned you: