Publication: IndieWire
Twitter: @katerbland
Kate Erbland is the New York–based editorial director at IndieWire. She manages and directs all of IndieWire’s features and reviews teams (including film, TV, and awards), oversees editorial strategy on all fronts, leads the rollout of the site’s original stories, and writes and edits daily. Her award-winning work places a special emphasis on female filmmakers, in-depth interviews, and awards season coverage. She has worked at IndieWire since 2015.
Her previous work can be found at Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, The Dissolve, Vulture, New York Daily News, Mental Floss, AM New York Metro, MTV.com, Details.com, Film School Rejects, MSN Movies, Boxoffice Magazine, and Film.com. She’s served on juries and nominating committees for the Gothams, the Critics Choice Awards, the Cinema Eye Honors, DOC NYC, the Sarasota Film Festival, the Nantucket Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, among others. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and art history from Loyola Marymount University. She’s also a member of the BFCA.