I've been producing media professionally since 1995. My first production job was at a PBS affiliate in Indiana. I studied Telecommunications at Ball State University (where I was a recipient of a David Letterman Scholarship for Telecommunications) and completed my MFA at Northwestern University in Writing for the Screen and Stage.
In 1998, I co-founded the Atlanta-based video production company The Media Bunch, Inc., where we produced and directed documentary projects for non-profit organizations for more than a decade. I've shot on location in South Africa, Brazil, Northern Ireland, and all across the United States.
I've also written and directed award-winning narrative short films that have screened at more than 100 festivals around the world including SXSW, Cinequest, and Chicago International Film Festival, as well as been broadcast on IFC, PBS, and The Logo Channel (MTV Networks) and distributed on DVD by First Run Features and Strand Releasing.
In 1998, I co-founded the Atlanta-based video production company The Media Bunch, Inc., where we produced and directed documentary projects for non-profit organizations for more than a decade. I've shot on location in South Africa, Brazil, Northern Ireland, and all across the United States.
I've also written and directed award-winning narrative short films that have screened at more than 100 festivals around the world including SXSW, Cinequest, and Chicago International Film Festival, as well as been broadcast on IFC, PBS, and The Logo Channel (MTV Networks) and distributed on DVD by First Run Features and Strand Releasing.
NON-LOVE-SONG
"A well-acted, movingly eloquent film that says more about friendship and longing in its eight minutes than most feature-length stories."
--Chicagoist
"Gernand beautifully captures an attempt to talk about feelings in (a) situation where nothing more intimate than back slaps is expected."
--City Paper
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NON-LOVE-SONG (short dramatic film) written & directed by Erik Gernand, 16mm
AWARDS:
- Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (Israel) **Best International Short Film**
- Iris Prize Festival (UK) **shortlist**
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TECH SUPPORT
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TECH SUPPORT (short comedy film) directed by Erik Gernand; co-written by Erik Gernand & Jenny Hagel, digital
AWARDS:
- Festival international du film gay et lesbien de Grenoble (France) **Best Short Film**
- Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival **Audience Award**
- Fresno Reel Pride LGBT Film Festival **Best Short Film**
- Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (Germany) **Best Lesbian Short**
- Iris Prize Festival (UK) **Shortlist**
And DVD distribution through:
GIRL PARTS
GIRL PARTS (short comedy film) written & directed by Erik Gernand, 16mm
An official selection at multiple film festivals including:
And broadcast nationally on:
NICE SHIRT
NICE SHIRT, short digital comedy. Starring Jenny Hagel and Abby McEnany. Directed by Erik Gernand.
An official selection at multiple film festivals including:
- German Language Distribution: Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH
- Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
- Newfest: New York LGBT Film Festival
- Some Prefer Cake Film Festival (Italy)
- Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
- Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (Germany)
- Oslo Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Norway)
- Image + Nation: Montreal International LGBT Film Festival (Canada)
- Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival
SUNDOWN
SUNDOWN, short film, written & directed by Erik Gernand
An official selection at multiple film festivals including:
- LesGaiCineMad, Madrid (Spain)
- Pink Life QueerFest, Istanbul (Turkey)
- CinHomo, Valladolid (Spain)
- Wicked Queer, Boston
- KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (India)
- Thessaloniki International LGBTIQ Film Festival (Greece)
- Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
- Long Beach QFilm Festival, Long Beach, CA
- Bent Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival
NON-FICTION
Below is a non-fiction short project I directed and edited for a Chicago-based non-profit for people struggling with poverty or homelessness.
And an older project I directed and shot for Chicago-based theatre company The Neofuturists.
And I directed this 2006 short documentary commissioned by Split Pillow of Chicago about our personal connection to space and objects.
Additional films are available to view at my Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/erikgernand