Erik Peter Carlson
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Critics have illustrated Erik Peter Carlson's filmmaking style as one with an Italian/German technique. Carlson, also known by his loyal fan base as EPC, was born and raised in Upstate New York to a family of film enthusiasts.
In 2019, EPC opened up a new production company to create an entire world of fairy tale stories and characters for different mediums. Kicking off this endeavor was his fourth feature film, "A Fairy Tale After All," about a stubborn teenage girl who finds herself confronted by whimsical characters when she is transported into a world of fantasy and fairy tales while attending a school marionette show.
EPC is currently producing a sequel to "A Fairy Tale After All, "entitled "Welcome To Fairy Rings," a companion story to the feature, and a children's book based on the "A Fairy Tale After All' Universe of characters.
Before fairy tales, in 2010, he started production (Executive Producer/Writer/Director) on 'Transatlantic Coffee.' The film was completed in 2011, winning numerous awards and rave reviews at film festivals across the globe, including best picture, screenplay and director, actor, and supporting actress. 'Transatlantic Coffee' opened in the fall of 2012.
EPC's second writing/directing feature, 'The Toy Soldiers,' a dramatic, epic coming-of-age picture, premiered in Hollywood at the Chinese Theaters on June 8, 2014, to a record-breaking sold-out audience. It was also invited for an October 2014 presentation at the prestigious Hollywood Film Festival. It was released nationwide in the US on November 14, 2014, in AMC Theaters. In addition, the screenplay was sought after by The Academy of Arts and Sciences to be a part of their permanent library for filmmakers and students worldwide.
'Wolf Mother,' a crime drama about two outlaws looking to redeem themselves by solving a high-profile child abduction case, was released in 2018.
In 2019, EPC opened up a new production company to create an entire world of fairy tale stories and characters for different mediums. Kicking off this endeavor was his fourth feature film, "A Fairy Tale After All," about a stubborn teenage girl who finds herself confronted by whimsical characters when she is transported into a world of fantasy and fairy tales while attending a school marionette show.
EPC is currently producing a sequel to "A Fairy Tale After All, "entitled "Welcome To Fairy Rings," a companion story to the feature, and a children's book based on the "A Fairy Tale After All' Universe of characters.
Before fairy tales, in 2010, he started production (Executive Producer/Writer/Director) on 'Transatlantic Coffee.' The film was completed in 2011, winning numerous awards and rave reviews at film festivals across the globe, including best picture, screenplay and director, actor, and supporting actress. 'Transatlantic Coffee' opened in the fall of 2012.
EPC's second writing/directing feature, 'The Toy Soldiers,' a dramatic, epic coming-of-age picture, premiered in Hollywood at the Chinese Theaters on June 8, 2014, to a record-breaking sold-out audience. It was also invited for an October 2014 presentation at the prestigious Hollywood Film Festival. It was released nationwide in the US on November 14, 2014, in AMC Theaters. In addition, the screenplay was sought after by The Academy of Arts and Sciences to be a part of their permanent library for filmmakers and students worldwide.
'Wolf Mother,' a crime drama about two outlaws looking to redeem themselves by solving a high-profile child abduction case, was released in 2018.
