ERICA MEUS-SAUNDERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
erica@afcoop.ca
(she/her)

Erica moved to Nova Scotia from the Bahamas to attend film school. After graduating in 2017, she quickly became immersed in the film industry, working in various crew roles—Production Assistant/Coordinator, Camera, Editor, Gaffer, Writer/Director and Producer. She’s made a few short docs, and scripted pieces that have played locally and regionally at HIFF, FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival, the Emerging Lens Film Festival, Being Black in Halifax and Devour! The Food Film Festival to name a few. Her latest short doc Music Resistance premiered at HIFF 2022, and she’s just wrapped up production on Eua-Lander, a scripted short film.

A member of AFCOOP since graduating (NSCC) in 2017, she has sat on the Board of Directors (BOD) for three years. Erica has also served on the WIFT-AT Board of Directors (2 years), DOC Atlantic (1 year), the Canadian Independent Screen Fund for BPOC creators (CISF), and participated in the first NSI–Business for Producers.

One of her favourite quotes is, “If your dreams don’t scare you just a little, they’re not big enough.”