LeAnn Erickson

LeAnn Erickson is a university professor and independent film and media artist. Her work has appeared on public and cable television, in media and art galleries, and has won national and international recognition in film festivals. Screenings include: Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival (Toronto, Canada), Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Germany), Internationales Frauen Film Festival (Cologne, Germany), Women in the Director’s Chair (Chicago) and L’immagine Leggera Palermo International Videoart, Film, and Media Festival (Italy). In 2010 she completed Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII, a feature length historical documentary that has screened internationally and is distributed by PBS, Inc. In 2014 she released The Computer Wore Heels, an interactive ebook that shares the Top Secret Rosies story with young adults. Currently she is developing a television series pitch and producing an animated documentary short.