Producer, Editor, & Director
Erika Kramer is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, editor and creative director living in New York City. Her work has been described as “resonant and real.”
Kramer has worked for over a decade in video production. After studying film and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she jumped right into the perilous world of reality TV in LA, spending long days and nights crafting and editing story content for shows airing on CBS, Bravo, WeTV, A&E and the Discovery Channel.
She’s worked in nearly every area of the Entertainment industry: scripted television and feature films, short and long-form documentary film, reality TV, podcasting, and digital content.
In 2013, Kramer founded Sleeves Up Productions (SUP). As the CEO and Producer, Kramer has executed hundreds of videos, commercials and digital content for brands and organizations like Microsoft, Venmo, Zocdoc, Lambda Legal, The Opportunity Network, Female Founders Fund and many more.
Kramer is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) as well as a TED X presenter and the winner of multiple film festival awards for her short films She’s Marrying Steve and Knock Me Down. She is also on the Board of Directors for the Tectonic Theater Project and National Queer Theater.
Kramer was born and raised in the Bay Area, but ditched the calm serenity to embrace the enchantment, chaos and discomfort of Manhattan. She lives with her beautiful wife, Susannah Schoolman, a professional baker and the founder and CEO of Tourlami, a plant-based ingredients company specializing in plant-based butter for professional use.
Films
Podcasts
STYLE AS IDENTITY for the Majority Group. [Producer & Editor]
STYLE AS IDENTITY is an interview podcast where listeners meet brands using style to preserve culture, serve community, honor identity – and evolve our understanding of the style-status-quo.
Hosted by Lola Catero and Frankie Ikwuazom.
Listen and subscribe to STYLE AS IDENTITY, here.
The team is currently in production on Season two.
Making the Case podcast for Lambda Legal. [Creator, Writer, Producer, & Editor]
Making the Case shares the strategies and passion behind Lambda Legal's landmark wins for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV.
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences recognized Making the Case with an award in the Human and Civil Rights Category for its’ 2nd Annual Anthem Awards. More on that win, here.
Listen and subscribe to Making the Case, here.
Selected Published Writing
Weekly Substack Newsletter // The 33 Project
TED X Hilton Head // A Path to Connection: Seeing Opportunity, Not Insult
Medium // Coloring Outside the Lines
Thought Catalog // On Being Alone