Erin Johnson
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...
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 Island, NY). She is Chair of the Department of Film and Video at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work has recently been exhibited or screened at MOCA Toronto (Toronto), Munchmuseet (Oslo), Times Square Arts (New York), deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Boston), Billytown (The Hague), and Telfair Museums (Savannah).
Known for
Cayo SantiagoMovie · Director, Editor
Come In2011 · Director
To SeaMovie · Director
Heavy Water2018 · Editor, Director
Tomatoes2020 · Director of Photography, Director, Co-Producer
Lake2019 · Producer, Editor, Director
Oranges2023 · Director, Co-Producer
If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat2014 · DirectorCast credits
Crew credits
Cayo SantiagoMovie · Director, EditorCome In2011 · DirectorTo SeaMovie · DirectorHeavy Water2018 · Editor, DirectorTomatoes2020 · Director of Photography, Director, Co-ProducerLake2019 · Producer, Editor, DirectorOranges2023 · Director, Co-ProducerIf it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat2014 · Director
To Be Sound is to Be Solid2023 · Producer, Writer, Director
Salidas y Entradas | Exits and Entrances2018 · Director
The Way Things Can Happen2018 · Director, Editor
There are things in this world that are yet to be named2020 · Editor, Producer, Director, Director of PhotographyNNorman Lear: A Life on Television2023 · Executive Producer