Owner operator
Erik Hammen's movies have played on the big screen at film festivals and art house cinemas around the world. His work has been translated into Spanish and Korean.
Titles include:
The Boulevard of Semi-Reconstructed Dreams (short, 2018)
Beach Town (2015)
Time of the Robots (2012)
The Last City in the East (short, 2011)
Love My Guts (1999).
Erik also curated and distributed Cinema Minneapolis, a touring miniseries of critically-acclaimed and humorous films from the Twin Cities, and shot and directed a music video for the band Redshift.
Reviews
“I really liked it. It’s not like anything else I’ve seen.” - Stan Brackhage
"A really fantastic film... I love this film so much.. I most highly recommend (it) to everyone!" - Cyn Collins, KFAI radio
“Retro charm... a briny, wistful quality.” - Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly
“Best of the Fest.. ..nails the dynamics of a rinky-dink music scene in a small town ... great original songs.” - Tony Kay, The Sunbreak
“Beautifully shot in Super 8 and Holga ... sharp-witted” - Sheila Regan, CityPages
“Rip-roaring” - Tony Kay, City Arts Magazine
“A one-of-a-kind joy” - Garen Daly, NH Public Radio
"Charming" - Tablet
"A uniquely imaginative, bizarrely delightful narrative that creates a new experience highly reminiscent of early cinema" - Beckie Stocchetti
Festivals and screenings
Exploding Cinema, London; Roxy Underground Film Festival, NYC: Film Noir Cinema, New York; Seoul International Youth Film Festival (Korea), Seattle International Film Festival, Alta Fidelidad Ill Muestra de Cine Documental Musical (Colombia), Parkway Cinema, Mlps; Clinton Street Theater, PDX; Hell’s Half Acre Film Festival, Nueva Ola festival (Buenos Aries), Bellingham Music and Film Festival, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festival, Boston Sci-fi Film Festival, Illinois International Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Northwest Filmmakers Festival, Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings, Seattle Underground Film Festival, Frozen River Film Festival, Co-Kisser Poetry Film Festival, SENE Film/Music/Art Festival, Lone Star Con, TriCities International Fantastic Film Festival, Cleveland 24-Hour Sci Fi Festival, Chicago Filmmakers; Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle; Northwest Film Center, Portland; IFC; Minneapolis; Film4M, Minneapolis; Turf Club, St. Paul, Hook & Ladder Theater, Minneapolis; Northwest Film Forum, Seattle
Other works
Theater "The Inappropriate Suitor", written by Hammen and directed by Steven Sterne, ran for three weeks in Seattle at Ghostlight Theatricals in 2017. It was great.
Music. Punk rock bands including Los Loser Winos and Mexican Taxi, and internationally distributed synthesizer music under the name The Land of Milk and Honey. (FactSheet Five recommended).
Mini comix "Mister Mask", a 5-issue minicomic with comic store and street distribution in the Albany/Troy New York area. At 25 cents apiece, all issues sold out. An offer for a comic book store signing was foolishly turned down.
Grants
Lightpress Grant, InterBay Cinema Society, 2017
Roll Camera production grant, Northwest Film Forum, 2014
New Model Edit post-production grant, Northwest Film Forum, 2015