Born and raised in the Green Mountains of Vermont, Erik graduated from a small town high school in 1990. He attended the Art Institute of Atlanta receiving a Media Arts/Audio Engineering degree. Eventually he returned to New England, and started working for WCAX television, a CBS affiliate in Burlington. Networking, hard work and a fair amount of serendipity have found Erik working as a Videographer/Editor. Directing local commercials, political and news promotions, both topical and image campaigns. He has also branched out into the independent filmmaking field and has worked on a numbers of "shorts" and "webisodes". In 2006, he was brought aboard as Director of Photography on "Late Night Saturday" airing in Vermont and Southern Quebec. Having moved to Los Angeles in 2008, Erik has worked as everything from PA and Grip to DP and Director. Erik joined a grassroots Change Project as an Editor, Graphic Designer and Web Content Manager. In 2012 he began working for the 3rd time with Arnold Shapiro Productions on the latest incarnation of the classic documentary Scared Straight. For this show, now it it's 3rd season, he as branched out into Field Production Coordinator and Production Manager.