Eric Red

1961 (65) • Writing

Born: 2/16/1961 (65) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Known for: Writing

Eric Red

Eric Red (born February 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter and director, best known for writing the horror classics The Hitcher and Near Dark.

Known For

The Hitcher

69%

Writer

1986

The Hitcher

59%

Screenplay

2007

Near Dark

68%

Screenplay

1987

Blue Steel

58%

Writer

1990

100 Feet

57%

Director

2008

Bad Moon

67%

Director

1996

Body Parts

58%

Director

1991

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

47%

Characters

2003

Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon

Self

2016

Night of the Wild

38%

Director

2015

100 Feet

57%

Director

2008

100 Feet

57%

Writer

2008

The Hitcher

59%

Screenplay

2007

The Hitcher

59%

Original Film Writer

2007

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

47%

Characters

2003

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

75%

2003

Bad Moon

67%

Director

1996

Bad Moon

67%

Screenplay

1996

Undertow

57%

Director

1996

Undertow

57%

Writer

1996

The Last Outlaw

54%

Writer

1993

Body Parts

58%

Director

1991

Body Parts

58%

Screenplay

1991

Blue Steel

58%

Writer

1990

Cohen and Tate

65%

Director

1989

Cohen and Tate

65%

Screenplay

1989

Near Dark

68%

Screenplay

1987

Near Dark

68%

Co-Producer

1987

The Hitcher

69%

Writer

1986

Telephone

80%

Director

1986

Telephone

80%

Editor

1986

Telephone

80%

Writer

1986

Gunmen's Blues

65%

Director

1981

Gunmen's Blues

65%

Writer

1981

Gunmen's Blues

65%

Editor

1981

White Knuckle

Screenplay