Erik Rodgers
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Erik Rodgers is an American film writer, director, and producer who currently resides in Los Angeles
, CA
. He is one of the founding members of String And A Can Productions, Inc.
and attended the University of New Mexico
, where he graduated with a degree in Theatre and English Literature. He founded a short lived theatre, PS 66, which presented two theatrical works in reperatory, Kerouac and The Box, written and directed by Erik Rodgers, and Cafe Depresso, by Tom Vegh.
He subsequently moved to Los Angeles
, CA
and worked as a lighting technician on film before founding String And A Can Productions, Inc. with Devin DiGonno and Antoinette Peskoff in June 2003.
, which was co-written with David Polcyn, and premiered the Newport Beach Film Festival
in 2008. The film, about a fugitive IRA
bomber seeking a new life in America, starred David Polcyn, Mark Pelligrino
, Devin DiGonno, Richard Eden
, and Anna Marie Wayne
. The film was produced in association with Damian Collier
(as Damian Collier Entertainment) and released to DVD by Anthem Pictures in 2009.
With String And A Can Productions, he then produced Spike
, a horror-romance written and directed by Robert Beaucage. The film was selected as Best of the Fest in 2008 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
and won Best Fantasy Feature Film at Los Angeles's Shriekfest
in 2009.
and Caresse Crosby and the Black Sun Press
. The work received some attention after a staged reading at Beyond Baroque
in Venice, CA.
project, Gravity Hill.
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, CA
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He is one of the founding members of String And A Can Productions, Inc.
Early life
Erik Rodgers was born in Albuquerque, New MexicoAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
and attended the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, where he graduated with a degree in Theatre and English Literature. He founded a short lived theatre, PS 66, which presented two theatrical works in reperatory, Kerouac and The Box, written and directed by Erik Rodgers, and Cafe Depresso, by Tom Vegh.
He subsequently moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, CA
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and worked as a lighting technician on film before founding String And A Can Productions, Inc. with Devin DiGonno and Antoinette Peskoff in June 2003.
Film career
After making a short film, The Morning After which was developed and shot through improv, Rodgers made his feature film directorial debut, Disappearing In AmericaDisappearing In America
Disappearing In America is a 2009 character drama written by David Polcyn and Erik Rodgers and produced by String And A Can Productions in association with Damian Collier...
, which was co-written with David Polcyn, and premiered the Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
The Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California, that showcases more than 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually....
in 2008. The film, about a fugitive IRA
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
bomber seeking a new life in America, starred David Polcyn, Mark Pelligrino
Mark Pellegrino
Mark Ross Pellegrino is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work on Lost as Jacob and for playing Lucifer on Supernatural.-Career:...
, Devin DiGonno, Richard Eden
Richard Eden (actor)
Richard Eden is an actor, best known as Alex Murphy/RoboCop in the television series RoboCop: The Series.-External links:...
, and Anna Marie Wayne
Anna-Marie Wayne
Anna-Marie Wayne is a British actress who began her career on TV and stage at an early age and has subsequently worked in film also...
. The film was produced in association with Damian Collier
Damian Collier
Damian Collier is a British producer, entrepreneur and business consultant for film, TV, music and stage.-Career and success:Collier has produced both independently and has collaborated with major film and TV studios such as Paramount Pictures, Fox, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, and...
(as Damian Collier Entertainment) and released to DVD by Anthem Pictures in 2009.
With String And A Can Productions, he then produced Spike
Spike (2008 film)
Spike is a 2008 horror-romance directed by Robert Beaucage, produced by String And A Can Productions, and starring Edward Gusts, Sarah Livingston Evans, Anna-Marie Wayne, Nancy P...
, a horror-romance written and directed by Robert Beaucage. The film was selected as Best of the Fest in 2008 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
and won Best Fantasy Feature Film at Los Angeles's Shriekfest
Shriekfest
Shriekfest Horror Film Festival is a film festival specializing in the horror genre. It is the longest running horror festival in Los Angeles.-History:...
in 2009.
Theatre
Rodgers returned to theatre in 2009 with Black Sun, a Play about the Life and Death of Harry Crosby, about the lives of HarryHarry Crosby
Harry Crosby was an American heir, a bon vivant, poet, publisher, and for some, epitomized the Lost Generation in American literature. He was the son of one of the richest banking families in New England, a member of the Boston Brahmin, and the nephew of Jane Norton Grew, the wife of financier J....
and Caresse Crosby and the Black Sun Press
Black Sun Press
The Black Sun Press was an English language book publisher founded in 1927 as Éditions Narcisse by poet Harry Crosby and his wife Caresse Crosby , American expatriates living in Paris...
. The work received some attention after a staged reading at Beyond Baroque
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is a literary arts center located at 681 Venice Blvd. Venice, California, founded in 1968.The Center launched its own imprint, Beyond Baroque Books, in 1998, dedicated to emerging, overlooked, out of print, and experimental writing, as well as the history and...
in Venice, CA.
Other writing
Rodgers has had poetry published in Conceptions Southwest, and film criticism online at Culture Vulture and The Simon.Current projects
In 2010, Rodgers completed filming of a psychological horror-thriller Carrier and a found footageFound footage (genre)
Found footage is a genre of filmmaking, especially horror, in which all or a substantial part of a film is presented as discovered film or video recordings, often left behind by missing or dead protagonists. The events onscreen are seen through the camera of one or more of the characters involved,...
project, Gravity Hill.