Erin Lovett grew up reading Stephen King novels probably far too young, but IT– and other scary stories– sparked a lifelong obsession with genre. Now, she's a writer, director and producer known for shape-shifting narrative films and intimate, character-driven documentaries that challenge and disturb the status quo.

In 2024, Erin directed her first narrative feature for television, A Deadly Threat to My Family, for Lifetime–  following the success of her first independent short The Knowing, a psychological horror film about infertility and reproductive choice. The Knowing screened at more than a dozen genre festivals in the US and abroad, including the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts, Portland Horror, Popcorn Frights, Vancouver Horror Show, Mexico's Mirada Corta and New Zealand's Terror-Fi festival, winning multiple awards including Best Horror, Best Lead Performance, and Best Film and Sound Editing. 

Over the past decade, Erin’s award-winning directing and producing work in documentary television and film includes This is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN), Dark Net (Showtime) and Tightrope: Americans Searching for Hope (PBS). In 2021, she won a Producers Guild Award for Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics (YouTube).

She's turned the camera on religious cults, mob mentality, sex work, and the roots of racial, social and systemic injustice. Her work has aired on HBO, Showtime, CNN, National Geographic, PBS and other major networks.

A Pacific Northwest native now based in Los Angeles, she's currently writing and developing her next feature film.