Native Hawaiian filmmaker Erin Lau explores empathy, redemption, and legacy through her work. Her work spans scripted, documentary, digital, and episodic storytelling and has been featured on the Criterion Channel, Netflix, and PBS.

She has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Studios, Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative, MTV, Women in Film, ImagineNATIVE, Points North Institute, Pasifika Ent. Advancement Komiti (PEAK), Powderkeg’s Break The Room, Int. Cultural Arts Network (ICAN), and Film Independent’s Project Involve program and Episodic Directors Intensive. Currently, she is a fellow in the 2026 ImagineNATIVE Screenwriting Series Lab and the Sundance Institute |The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) Accelerator. 

Erin's short films have screened in over 75 festivals across the globe. 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 and is currently streaming on Netflix. Her most recent directing credit was on FOX's action-packed procedural, RESCUE: HI-SURF. 

Outside of her scripted work, Erin worked for three years as a Senior Producer-Director for Jubilee Media, where her videos accumulated over 200+ million views. Through this role she was also given the opportunity to develop community-focused content for well-known brands including Google, Netflix, SK-II, Always, and BetterHelp.

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As a producer, Erin has also contributed to multiple award winning documentaries including Cris Romento's DEAR ALOHA and Jalena Keane-Lee's STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS. Both films secured distribution and are currently available to stream.

Erin is also a proud alum of Chapman University’s Graduate Directing program and the School for Cinematic Arts at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. When she is on set, she is often teaching and helping to uplift the next generation of storytellers.