ERIC NORCROSS
b. 1981, Portland, Maine, USA
ACTIVE TIMELINE
1998 - Present
Currently operating out of New York City.
EDUCATION
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MFA, Creative Writing (Fiction), Sarah Lawrence College.
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BA, Cultural Studies, SUNY Empire State College.
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Certification, Film Foundation, Vancouver Film School.
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Diploma with Excellence, Video Technology & Multi-Media.
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Portland Arts & Technology High School.
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Diploma, Graphic Arts & Printing.
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Portland Arts & Technology High School.
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Diploma, Portland High School.
RESIDENCIES
Creativity Across Disciplines (2015)
Writing & Art Residency, Peekskill, NY
AWARDS
Best Avant-Garde, Tabloid Witch Awards (2014)
General Contest
Best Trailer, Philip K. Dick Sci-Fi Film Festival (2015)
Trailer Contest
New York Spotlight Award, Manhattan Film Festival (2012)
General Contest
FILM FESTIVALS, EXHIBITION EVENTS, & COMPETITIONS
Beverly Hills Film Festival (2021)
Screenplay Competition
London International Motion Picture Awards (2019)
Finalist
Experimental Forum (2018)
Honorable Mention
Novella Showcase (2015)
Official Selection
Novella Showcase (2015)
Official Selection
Philip K. Dick Science-Fiction Film Festival (2015)
Award: Best Trailer
Tabloid Witch Awards (2014)
Award: Best Avant-Garde
Phnom Penh Film Festival (2014)
Official Selection
Petaluma Virtual Film Festival (2014)
Official Selection
Big Island Film Festival (2013)
Official Selection
Philip K. Dick Science-Fiction Film Festival (2012)
Official Selection
Manhattan Film Festival (2012)
Award: New York Spotlight
Nashville Film Festival (2012)
Finalist
Film Skillet International Film Contest (2012)
Finalist: Users Choice Award
IndieDemand Online Film Festival (2012)
Official Selection
NewFilmmakers New York (2011) (2012)
Official Selection
Tribeca Grand After-Set Series (2011)
Official Selection
B.V.E.W. Halloween Program (2010)
Official Selection
Swansea Bay Film Festival (2005) (2006)
Official Selection
Maine Student Film & Video Festival (1999))
Participating Student
NARRATIVE TIMELINE
Eric Norcross is an award-winning filmmaker and published author. He started making films in 1998 as a student at the Portland Arts & Technology High School in Portland, Maine, where he won his first awards for his experimental work. He made his first narrative film, Sixteen Stories his senior year, with a cast of over twenty, including local celebrities.
Norcross attended the Vancouver Film School from 2000-2001 and returned to Maine upon completion of the Film Foundation program. In 2002, Norcross directed the short action film, Hero For a Day, and a variety of experimental shorts. These projects would propel him to the New York City indie film scene. In 2003, Norcross relocated to New York where he immersed himself into a life as a creator.
In 2005, Eric co-directed The Long Island Project, an out-of-porcket indie feature. The trailer for the film became a 'featured video of the week' on YouTube, back when it was still an independent start-up. Users commented on the video with mainly positive reviews, but a few insisted: 'Work that looked so professional shouldn't be allowed on YouTube.' Although the film never made it to theaters, as a result of the popularity of the trailer, the film was invited to screen at film festivals in the UK and Canada.
From 2008-2014, Eric operated a creative production company, Norcross Media (NM), that produced commercial film and video independently and for a variety of clients. His work through NM included music videos, commercials, corporate mission videos, documentaries, and the production of his award-winning short films, Caroline of Virginia, Lancaster Square, and his most popular film to date,, Lipstick Lies.
From 2015-2017, Eric took a break from the professional world to focus on his education. It was at the State University of New York where he would go on to receive a BA in Cultural Studies, with a concentration in Creative Writing. During his time at SUNY, Norcross was the two-time recipient of the Nicholas Pekearo Creative Writing Scholarship, and several grants which allowed him to focus solely on his studies. In his time as a student, Norcross gave presentations at various academic conferences on the work of Herman Melville and on the subject of sociopolitical parallels that emerge in science-fiction. He graduated Summa Cum Laude, the highest of Latin Honors.
In 2016, Eric published his creative non-fiction essay, "Squatterism at High Noon", a story about living in an abandoned industrial loft in New York City.
In 2017, Eric produced a series of experimental films called the Spring Oppression Project, which lead to the production of his feature-length avant-garde film, Death & Life, his first film to be translated into a foreign language (German).
From 2017-2019 Eric pursued and completed his MFA in Creative Writing. At Sarah Lawrence College, Eric was mentored in fiction and non-fiction by stellar writers David Hollander, Jacob Slichter, and David Ryan.
From 2019-2020, Eric was Video Director for THE JAMES ALTUCHER SHOW, until the show moved to Florida from New York City.
On May 12, 2020, Eric's short story, "Fritz", was published at SILENT AUCTIONS MAGAZINE.
Eric's primary work-in-progress during the pandemic was a feature film titled, FRACTALS. A teaser. for the movie dropped on August 19, 2020.
In September 2020, Eric started The Eric Norcross Podcast. Eric's podcast is multi-subject, though founded on the idea of having transparent conversations about the art life, and the trials and tribulations of being an artist in today's world.
MEDIUMS
Motion Pictures (Film, Digital, Analog Video).
Writing (Screenplays, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Verse).
Photography (Film & Digital)
Mixed-Media (acrylics, canvas, watercolor, found objects).
