Erica Glynn
Erica Glynn (born 1964) is an Indigenous Australian filmmaker, known for directing, producing and writing documentaries and other films. Early life, education and family. Glynn was born in 1964. She is the daughter of photographer Freda Glynn, brother of director Warwick Thornton, and niece of educator Rona Glynn. She is a drama directing graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney. Career. Glynn started her working life at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) in Alice Springs, which had been co-founded by her mother Freda. In 2003 she started working for the Australian  Film Commission, becoming head of the Indigenous Department of Screen Australia from 2010 until 2014. She was executive producer of the ABC TV series "Redfern Now", "The Gods of Wheat Street", and "8MMM Aboriginal Radio". In 2017 she wrote and directed "In My Own Words", a documentary about the work done by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation in Brewarrina, New South Wales. The film was selected for the Sydney Film Festival that year. Glynn did some of the writing for "Little J & Big Cuz", an animated children's series, and co-directed "Black Comedy", both on ABC TV. She is co -creator, writer and director of the upcoming drama series for SBS Television, "True Colours" (2022). Recognition. In 2017 Glynn was the recipient of the David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship. Glynn's feature-length documentary, "She Who Must Be Loved", about her mother Freda, won Best Australian Documentary at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival.