Erica Glynn

Erica Glynn (born 1964) is an Aboriginal Australian filmmaker, known for directing, producing and writing documentaries and other films.

Early life, education and family Glynn was born in 1964. She is the daughter of photographer Freda Glynn, sister of director Warwick Thornton, and niece of educator Rona Glynn.

Career Glynn started her working life at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) in Alice Springs,

In 2001 she wrote and directed the documentary short Ngangkari, about the traditional healers of the Central Desert Region known as ngangkari. was made for series 3 of Australia by Numbers, a TV series commissioned by SBS Television in collaboration with state agencies featuring short films by emerging filmmakers from South Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. The film was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013.

Glynn wrote, directed and co-produced the feature-length documentary, She Who Must Be Loved, about her mother Freda. The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival on 13 October 2018, which was attended by the family. It was also screened at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival, at which Freda Glynn addressed the audience, and won Best Australian Documentary at the festival.

Glynn is co-creator, writer and director of the 2022 drama series for SBS Television, True Colours.

Recognition In 2017 Glynn was the recipient of the David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship.

Awards My Bed, Your Bed (1998) Winner, Special Commendation, 1998 Cork International Film Festival She Who Must Be Loved (2018) Best Documentary (audience award), 2018 Adelaide Film Festival Best Australian Documentary, 2019 Sydney Film Festival My Bed, Your Bed (1998) Maude and Pearlie Too (1999) Ngangkari (2001) In My Own Words (2017)

Documentary feature She Who Must Be Loved (2018)