Erica Tanamachi

Directing

Erica Jane Tanamachi (née Filanc) is an award-winning filmmaker and MFA Cinema graduate of San Francisco State University. She has worked with Phoebe Rubin for over 15 years making various documentaries for non-profit organizations throughout the Bay Area. Tanamachi recently produced the award winning feature documentary MOTHERLOAD. She also won Best Documentary from the Sonoma Film Festival, Silverlake Film Festival and The Documentary Foundation for her first short documentary LIVING POETS. As of 2026, Tanamachi continues to direct and produce documentaries and short subjects, and teaches an Aesthetics and Practice of Editing and Directing for Motion Picture Media at College of Marin in Kentfield.