Eric Hiss-Loreda

Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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About Eric

A fifth-generation Californio with a multi-cultural background, award-winning journalist Eric Hiss-Loreda regularly navigates the world in search of unexpected stories that entertain and enlighten. In a career spanning two decades, he has reported from countries as varied as Cuba, South Africa and French Polynesia while contributing to top-tier media outlets including The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, The Hollywood Reporter, Latina and others. With his scripted projects, Eric is passionate about writing adrenalin-fueled action dramas with social relevance such as “The Devil’s Acre,” which placed in the 2019 Austin Film Festival. He has also been named a screenwriting fellow of LALIFF (LA Latino International Film Festival) and has written scores of treatments for commercials produced for the Latin market. Eric is also an avid sailor, enjoys backcountry hikes and loves to travel and practice his Spanish.

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Male

Ethnicity:
Latin/Hispanic

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THE DEVIL'S ACRE Historical ⋄ Drama Escaping the poverty and prejudice of his homeland, a young Irish ex-con undertakes the perilous journey to California in 1867 in a desperate gamble to strike it rich in the gold fields, but is instead forced to reclaim every criminal skill he knows to survive “The wickedest place on Earth,” the saloons, bordellos and opium dens of 1860’s San Francisco.