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I am an award-winning writer/director of four feature-length films including Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese. Nominated for two Spirit Awards, I have won dozens of film festival awards and served as director, cinematographer, producer, and editor on documentaries such as 9500 Liberty and The Headless Klansman of Selma. Since returning to the United States in 2024, I’ve worked as a freelance video editor for Drop Site News, produced podcasts such as Wrestling Darkness, and taught a film class for neurodiverse children. I own a Cannon 4K cinema camera with lighting gear; I played baseball at Wesleyan and enjoy tennis for fitness.…I am an award-winning writer/director of four feature-length films including Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese. Nominated for two Spirit Awards, I have won dozens of film festival awards and served as director, cinematographer, producer, and editor on documentaries such as 9500 Liberty and The Headless Klansman of Selma. Since returning to the United States in 2024, I’ve worked as a freelance video editor for Drop Site News, produced podcasts such as Wrestling Darkness, and taught a film class for neurodiverse children. I own a Cannon 4K cinema camera with lighting gear; I played baseball at Wesleyan and enjoy tennis for fitness.

Eric Byler

Film Director, Writer, Cinematographer, +2

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I am an award-winning writer/director of four feature-length films including Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese. Nominated for two Spirit Awards, I have won dozens of film festival awards and served as director, cinematographer, producer, and editor on documentaries such as 9500 Liberty and The Headless Klansman of Selma. Since returning to the United States in 2024, I’ve worked as a freelance video editor for Drop Site News, produced podcasts such as Wrestling Darkness, and taught a film class for neurodiverse children. I own a Cannon 4K cinema camera with lighting gear; I played baseball at Wesleyan and enjoy tennis for fitness.…I am an award-winning writer/director of four feature-length films including Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese. Nominated for two Spirit Awards, I have won dozens of film festival awards and served as director, cinematographer, producer, and editor on documentaries such as 9500 Liberty and The Headless Klansman of Selma. Since returning to the United States in 2024, I’ve worked as a freelance video editor for Drop Site News, produced podcasts such as Wrestling Darkness, and taught a film class for neurodiverse children. I own a Cannon 4K cinema camera with lighting gear; I played baseball at Wesleyan and enjoy tennis for fitness.

Available to hire

I am an award-winning writer/director of four feature-length films including Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese. Nominated for two Spirit Awards, I have won dozens of film festival awards and served as director, cinematographer, producer, and editor on documentaries such as 9500 Liberty and The Headless Klansman of Selma.

Since returning to the United States in 2024, I’ve worked as a freelance video editor for Drop Site News, produced podcasts such as Wrestling Darkness, and taught a film class for neurodiverse children. I own a Cannon 4K cinema camera with lighting gear; I played baseball at Wesleyan and enjoy tennis for fitness.

Skills

Podcast Production

Experience Level

Podcast Production

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Communications Officer at Australian National University

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2024

Created videos and wrote articles for the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Reporter, Videographer, and Video Editor at The Young Turks

January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019

Helped to launch Rebel HQ and TYT Investigates; earned 300,000 subscribers and 98 million views on YouTube.

Filmmaker, Journalist at Self-employed / Freelance

January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2015

Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese premiered and won awards at SXSW; The former was nominated for two Spirit Awards. Also directed TRE, My Life Disoriented, and 9500 Liberty. Story of America earned 2.3 million views on YouTube, introducing the Moral Monday movement and Rev. Dr. William Barber to a national audience.