With a belief that as a filmmaker you have to live stories worth telling, some of writer-director Erin Cantelo's favorite accomplishments have been off-set. Including a 4 month solo trip to Southeast Asia where she took a 5 day motorbike trip in rural Laos alone, a 10 day silent meditation retreat in Southern Thailand, and a 16-day cargo ship ride home from Hong Kong to California in which she was the only passenger as well as the only woman on board.

In 2022 her screenwriting garnered several awards, including Best Short Script in Film Pipeline's Screenplay Competition with her script "Wall", 3rd place in The Golden Script Competition with her short script "Louella", and was a finalist in the ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Competition with "The Longest Walk". She created and directed the short documentary series "Subcultures" and has directed and produced content for OWN/Harpo Studios, Participant Media/SoulPancake, Sandwich Video, and many more.

Erin loves to tell stories about characters healing from their own trauma or grief, with the aim to break your heart wide open.