About

Erin formed Smithy Productions, a production company, with the aim to house various talents from the queer/ independent art community under the umbrella of narrative/ documentary storytelling.

She is currently in development to direct a feature film, The Weathergirl, written by Elena Zucker.

An educator who prothletizes "just keep making films", Erin wears many hats, focusing on writing and directing queer stories or underrepresented communities, verite camera work, and editing for music videoes, film/tv and any projects which prioritize story over style. 

Erin Greenwell directed her feature film "My Best Day" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2012. Other directing endevors include "Oh Come On", a punk DIY performance video for The Julie Ruin and co-directing "The Golden Age of Hustlers" featuring Justin Vivian Bond's, remake of an iconic song written by legendary punk chanteuse Bambi Lake, about the 1970's gay hustler scene on Polk Street in San Francisco during the pre-HIV/AIDS era.

Erin is also an accomplished editor. Her most recent feature film work includes Yomeddine, a feature film narrative with it's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2018. (nominated Palme d'Or award). Yomeddine is about a man who leaves his home in a lepercolony and embarks on a journey across Egypt to find out why he was abandoned as a child. Based on stories collected from the award winning documentary, “The Colony” directed by Abu Bakr Shawky.

She co-produced and edited, Hunting in War Time, profiling the extraordinary stories of Tlingit Vietnam War veterans from the village of Hoonah, Alaska. Educational copies are available for purchase through New Day Films and Hunting in Wartime  aired 527 times in 35 states over Memorial Day Weekend 2017.

contact:
erin {{att}} smithyproductions [[DOT]] com