Director of Photography
<p><strong>Erin Palmquist</strong> is an independent filmmaker who feels strongly about creating documentary film as a means for community outreach and education. She graduated from San Francisco State University’s Cinema Program with an emphasis in visual anthropology and cinematography. Upon Graduation she worked at <strong>Lucasfilm</strong> on the <strong><em>Young Indiana Jones</em></strong> <strong><em>Project</em></strong> assisting in the final year of a four-year project in which 94 historical documentaries were produced as one body of work. Erin then joined with Bonni Cohen at <strong>Actual Films</strong> as her associate producer on the <strong>National Geographic Explorer</strong> documentary<strong> <em>The Last Christians of Bethlehem</em></strong>. She was the producer, editor, and director of photography for <strong><em>BDSM: It’s Not What You Think!</em></strong>, director of photography for Anthony Palombit's film, <strong><em>Out on The Dance Floor</em>,</strong> and has worked for companies such as<strong> PBS</strong> and the <strong>Leaky Foundation</strong>. Alongside <em><strong>5 Blocks</strong></em>, she is currently in production, as co-producer and director of photography, on <strong><em>Exiled in America</em></strong> a feature length documentary chronicling the resettlement process of an Iraqi refugee in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>