Rekindled

Erin Brown Thomas is a director/writer/editor, whose work in film has taken her across the United States and around the globe. She has worked in one or several capacities on projects with Selena Gomez, Eminem, Topher Grace, Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, The Olsen Twins, Casey Wilson, Tony Hale, Andy Richter, Reggie Watts, & SNL’s Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett. Her commercial clients have included the United States Marine Corp, the J. Walter Thompson ad agency, Interscope Records, Universal Music Group, Radio Disney, Belvedere Vodka, Apartment Therapy, Refinery 29, Gensler, and Nestle.

TOKYO PROJECT, a film she edited for Executive Producer Lena Dunham (Girls), and Emmy winning director Richard Shepard, premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. The Film, which stars Elisabeth Moss (Handmaid’s Tail), was just picked up by HBO. Erin and Lena continue to collaborate.

In 2017 Erin co-founded Salute Your Shorts Film Festival in Los Angeles. As Artistic Director, she curated an outstanding group of films, several of which have since become Oscar Short-listed. Judges for the festival (who gushed over the outstanding lineup) included Emmy Winning Actor Tony Hale, LEGO MOVIE producer Dan Lin, BIG BANG THEORY writer/producer Jeremy Howe, CEO of Seed&Spark Emily Best, and SHAPE OF WATER lead actor Doug Jones.

Erin directed Doug alongside Erika Christensen (Parenthood) in Adopted: The Original Series, a comedy in the vein of Modern Family. Erin’s most recent short, Rekindled, has played 38 festivals (as of January 2018, since premiering in April). Rekindled has won a handful of awards including multiple “best film,” “best comedy,” and “best actress” awards. The comedy stars comedienne Kelly Vrooman, and was inspired by true events which Kelly wrote about as part of a series produced by The Huffington Post and Take Back the Night, in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Erin and Kelly continue to collaborate and are currently taking meetings for two female-driven comedy series they created (MANAGING LIFE and BLUE SKIES). Additionally, SPLIT —a female driven dramady feature they co-wrote with an established producer attached, explores the ways shame bifurcates female relationships.

Over the last few years, Erin directed several other films including: HOTWIRE, an action short film starring Teri Reeves (Chicago Fire); CHASING HAYES, a small town love story starring Kent Boyd (So You Think You Can Dance); Семья, a narrative drama short entirely in Russian, WILDMAN ATHLETICA, showcasing the aerial silks talents of Christa B. Allen (Revenge) and Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars), and the visually haunting, ONCE UPON A DREAM and YOUNG + BEAUTIFUL - two in a series of 5 aerial silks films Erin has directed starring Cirque du Soleil performer Selkie Hom. Erin’s work in music videos has won awards in several international festivals and has been featured on MTVu and vh1.com, shooting indie artists to the front of public attention. COURAGE IS was picked up by ABC Family for broadcast nationwide.

Erin is currently writing her third narrative feature screenplay, ITALY STORY, a comedy based on the time she was left behind as a 14 year old on a class field trip to Italy.