Erin Johnson
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Biography
Erin Johnson’s short films and immersive installations interlace documentary, experimental, and narrative filmmaking devices to interrogate notions of collectivity, dissent, and queer identity. In her shape-shifting videos, site-specific performances by artists, biologists, and film extras address ongoing legacies of scientific research and nationalism.
Johnson received an MFA and Certificate in New Media from UC Berkeley in 2013, attended Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2019 and recently completed residencies at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY), Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, NL), Lower Manhattan Community Council (LMCC), Hidrante (San Juan, PR), and Lighthouse Works (Fishers I...
Best known work
To Be Sound is to Be Solid
2023
Cayo Santiago
To Sea
Norman Lear: A Life on Television
2023
Lake
2019
Tomatoes
2020
There are things in this world that are yet to be named
2020
Salidas y Entradas | Exits and Entrances
2018
Heavy Water
2018
The Way Things Can Happen
2018Filmography
TBA
Cayo SantiagoDirector, Editor
TBA
To SeaDirector
2023
Norman Lear: A Life on TelevisionExecutive Producer
2023
To Be Sound is to Be SolidDirector, Writer, Producer
2023
OrangesDirector, Co-Producer
2020
TomatoesDirector, Co-Producer, Director of Photography
2020
There are things in this world that are yet to be namedDirector, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
2019
LakeDirector, Producer, Editor
2018
Heavy WaterDirector, Editor
2018
2018
The Way Things Can HappenDirector, Editor
2014
2011
Come InDirector