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Erin Lee Carr on how to pitch a documentary to HBO and lessons from her dad, David Carr

Jan 25, 2019
41:00

Erin Lee Carr is a New York-based director, producer and writer. Her debut film, Thought Crimes, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs in 2015 and aired on HBO that May. Her hit film Mommy Dead and Dearest had its world premiere at SXSW and Hot Docs Film Festival in 2017 and aired on HBO May 15, 2017. Variety named Erin one of 10 "documentarians to watch" in 2015, and she was included in Forbes 30 under 30 in media in 2018. Erin’s debut book “All That You Leave Behind” is set to be published June 2019. She is in post-production on a two-part HBO series about the Michelle Carter "murder by texting" scandal as well as for her fourth feature “At The Heart of Gold.”

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