---
name: "Eric Bergren"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-bergren"
fi1m_id: "eric-bergren"
imdb_id: "nm0075015"
tmdb_id: 32477
wikidata_id: "Q22102110"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 April 1954"
died: "14 July 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:19:25.707464+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Eric Bergren

## Identity

Eric Bergren

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-bergren
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-bergren
- **IMDb ID:** nm0075015
- **TMDB ID:** 32477
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22102110
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bergren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22102110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32477

Writer. Born 27 April 1954 in Pasadena, California, USA. Died 14 July 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 April 1954, Pasadena, California, USA
- **Died:** 14 July 2016
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bergren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22102110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32477

## Biography

Eric Bergren (1954–2016) was an American screenwriter. Born in Pasadena, California, he studied theatre arts at the University of Southern California.

Bergren co-wrote the screenplay for *The Elephant Man* (1980) with David Lynch and Christopher De Vore, based on works by Frederick Treves and Ashley Montagu. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as nominations for the Golden Globe, BAFTA and Writers Guild of America awards. He also co-wrote *Frances* (1982) with De Vore and Nicholas Kazan. His other credits include the screenplay for *The Dark Wind* (1991) and the teleplay for the television film *Little Girl Fly Away* (1998). In 1988 he directed the short film *...They Haven't Seen This...*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Little Girl Fly Away* (1998), Writer
- *The Dark Wind* (1992), Screenplay
- *Frances* (1982), Writer
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), as Lyra Box Player #1 (uncredited) · Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1981: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Elephant Man*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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