Erin Wilkerson (born 1982; Los Angeles) is an American filmmaker. She is the co-founder of Creative Agitation, with her partner, Travis Wilkerson. Best known for their co-directed film, Nuclear Family (2021, Berlinale premiere), which "articulates an ongoing narrative of apocalypse and the human obsession with war". And a 2025 Full Film Retrospective in Spain. She also known for her solo work, including The Second Burial (2023), which works to "interrogate power, memory, and resistance through cinematic language", that premiered at DOKUFEST and streamed on MUBI. Her work often includes analog and handmade components which have exibited at Foundación Luis Seoane. She is a scholar as well. As part of her PhD from Liverpool John Moores University as a cinematic study of invasive species, she developed the idea of 'feral filmmaking' as an expansion of Third Cinema practices. She is currently a lecturer in film/art research and practice at Duke Kunshan University.
Honors and awards
Machine Gun or Typewriter (2015), Best International Feature Dokufest (2015) Nuclear Family (2021), Menciòn Especial at the 36th Edition of Mar del plata International Film Festival
Filmography Source:
+DateNameRoleMediumDuration2013Los Angeles Red SquadSoundDocumentary Essay Film, Color60 min.2015Machine Gun or TypewriterWriting + CinematographyDocumentary Essay Film, color71 min.2020Scents That Carry Through WallsDirectorFound Footage Essay Film, color8 min.2021Nuclear FamilyCo-DirectorDocumentary Essay Film93 min.2021The Full Benefits of Aboriginal EqualityDirectorFound Footage Film, color3 min.2021I Am PresentDirector + PerformerFilm of Performance13 min.2022Smoke Rides on the WindDirectorDocumentary Essay Film13 min.2023The Second BurialDirectorDocumentary Essay Film19 min.2025Strange Flower DirectorHybrid Documentary30 min.
References
External links
https://www.creativeagitation.com/