Erica Rowley

Erica Rowley spent her childhood in the small towns of both Utah and Colorado. She is often drawn to nature and recently spent two years as a photographer traveling the country in a small RV with her cat and husband, publishing articles in travel magazines. But, screenwriting is what she is ultimately drawn to and has loved doing. In creating her first film, The Mother Wound, she not only wrote, but found a love for directing and producing. Just before graduating at the top of her class in film, she was awarded as the director with the most promising film to come after showing The Mother Wound at the University of Utah Spring Film Showcase. She was then nominated for best director and best film with a budget under $5000, both for The Mother Wound at the Utah Film Festival. With a background in psychology, Erica has a passion for creating resonating stories that have strong parallels to reality which highlight relationships, as well as mental illness, and feature female leads. She often employs themes of non-conformity, using symbolism to express deeper meanings and tends to mix drama, even tragedy, with comedy.