Erin Brown Thomas

Erin Brown Thomas (she/her) is a diplopic, neurodivergent filmmaker who wrote her first screenplay while hooked up to an IV battling bedrest and Lyme disease. She’s best known for crafting “traumadies” — dramas masquerading as comedies until delivering an emotional gut punch — and her writing explores unchecked ambition, satirizes social imbalances, and critiques industrialized Christianity.

A former editor, Thomas’ credits include the Elisabeth Moss and Ebon Moss-Bachrach starring Tokyo Project (Tribeca, HBO). She has also directed the shorts Subtext (Austin Film Festival, Cannes, AMPAV), Rekindled (Palm Springs ShortFest), and A Question of Service (HollyShorts winner). A Nicholl Semifinalist for The Body of Chris, the multihyphenate’s latest project, Chasers — a 31-minute single-continuous-shot pilot — world premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.