Native Hawaiian filmmaker Erin Lau explores empathy, redemption, and legacy through her work. She most recently directed on FOX's action-packed lifeguard drama, RESCUE: HI-SURF.

Erin has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Studios, Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative, Women in Film, Points North Institute, Powderkeg’s Break The Room, Film Independent’s Project Involve program and Episodic Directors Intensive. Erin's work spans narrative, documentary, and episodic storytelling and has been featured on the Criterion Channel, Netflix, and PBS.

Erin's short films have screened in over 75 festivals across the world. THE MOON AND THE NIGHT received support from the 2017 Sundance Native Lab, was shortlisted for the Student BAFTA awards, and was featured on the Criterion Channel. Her Film Independent short, ALL I EVER WANTED, won Best Comedy at the 2022 Hollyshorts Film Festival. Her latest film INHERITANCE was also supported by Tribeca Studios, Netflix, and Gold House and premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. The film won the Oscar-Qualifying Best Hawaiʻi Short Award at the 42nd Hawaiʻi International Film Festival.

Erin is also a graduate of Chapman University’s MFA Directing program.

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