Erin (He/They) is an award-winning Chinese-Jamaican and Dominican filmmaker originally from New Hampshire. They use their foundation in classical American film language to reconsider new methods of storytelling, reimagining future, unseen depictions of race, sexuality and existence outside of historically constraining and/or limiting images.
Erin received a BA in journalism from the University of Southern California and an MFA in Screenwriting/Directing from Columbia University School of the Arts where they were awarded the Dean's Project Grant, previously co-chair of student-run organization, FOCUS (Filmmakers of Color United in Spirit) and a part of the ASCAP/Columbia Film Scoring Workshop.
Erin has been supported by the Sundance Institute, NeXt Doc, the Sharjah Art Foundation, the Moving Image Fund and the Hola México Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today program. Their work has been exhibited at the LA Municipal Art Gallery, has been seen on Vimeo Staff Picks and included in numerous film festivals and awards ceremonies around the country, including, AFI FEST, SFFILM, Palm Springs Shortfest, New Orleans, Calgary International Film Festival, NewFest, Outfest Fusion, VC Film Fest, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and others.
Erin’s currently in development of two projects, a documentary feature about Kowloon, the largest Chinese restaurant in the U.S., and Love, as an Illusion, a narrative feature based on their adolescent experience growing up in New England which is supported by the Sundance Artist Accelerator program.