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Editorial Director, @IndieWire. / @NYFCC member. / NYC & Vermont. / Likes coffee, cats, and the Oxford comma. / Bird nerd.🦉

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Kate Erbland’s Biography

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Kate Erbland is the New York–based Editorial Director at IndieWire. She manages and directs all of IndieWire's features and reviews teams (including film, TV, and awards), oversees editorial strategy on all fronts, leads the rollout of the site’s original stories, and writes and edits daily. Her award-winning work places a special emphasis on female filmmakers, in-depth interviews, and awards season coverage.

Member of the BFCA and the NYFCC.

Kate Erbland’s Journalist Portfolio

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John Krasinski Can't Stop, Won't Stop Making Noise About 'A Quiet Place'

John Krasinski Can't Stop, Won't Stop Making Noise About 'A Quiet Place'

The filmmaker and actor tried something different for his third directorial outing: a genre film. It's paid o…

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'Ralph Breaks the Internet': Sarah Silverman's Surprise Song Is a Dark New Disney Classic

'Ralph Breaks the Internet': Sarah Silverman's Surprise Song Is a Dark New Disney Classic

The "Little Shop of Horrors" fan tells IndieWire about recording her own Alan Menken song as part of her char…

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Ben Foster Loses Himself in His Roles, and 'Leave No Trace' Allowed Him to Disappear

Ben Foster Loses Himself in His Roles, and 'Leave No Trace' Allowed Him to Disappear

After more than two decades in Hollywood, the actor tells IndieWire he has hit upon a formula for professiona…

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'RBG': The Filmmakers Say Sparkly Gavels Are Even Better Than Awards

'RBG': The Filmmakers Say Sparkly Gavels Are Even Better Than Awards

Betsy West and Julie Cohen's documentary about the octogenarian Supreme Court Justice nimbly dodges the "eat …

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'Instant Family': Why a Director of Raunchy Comedies Created a Heartwarming Family Film

'Instant Family': Why a Director of Raunchy Comedies Created a Heartwarming Family Film

Sean Anders has always found sweetness in gross-out comedy, but he tells IndieWire that his new fact-based ad…

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Michael Moore Finally Gives His Full Oscar Speech, 15 Years After Winning Best Documentary

Michael Moore Finally Gives His Full Oscar Speech, 15 Years After Winning Best Documentary

Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, he delivered a speech nearl…

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Sam Neill’s 9 Best Performances, from ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Merlin’ to ‘Possession’ and ‘In the Mouth of Madness’

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Leave it to the great Steven Spielberg to easily touch on the greatness of the recently departed Sam Neill with just one line.
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Sam Neill, ‘Possession’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ Star, Dies at 78 Original

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Sam Neill, the beloved film star best known to many film fans as “Jurassic Park” paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant has died at the age of 78 in Sydney, Australia, his representatives announced in a statement early Monday morning. The news comes four years after Neill publicly shared that he had been diagnosed with blood cancer, though he was reportedly cancer-free at the time of his death.
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Eleanor Coppola’s Posthumous Documentary About Daughter Sofia’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ Is Finished (and Bought) Original

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Twenty years ago, filmmaker Sofia Coppola had one heck of a mentor and champion on hand while making her third film: her mother, fellow filmmaker Eleanor Coppola. During the production of the Kirsten Dunst-starring “Marie Antoinette,” the elder Coppola (who knows a thing or two about making documentaries about filmmaking itself) shot a reported 80 or so hours of footage, with the hope of turning it into a film that focused on her daughter’s journey of making the film.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelance writing for a small, now-defunct blog, which led to freelance reviews for the illustrious Box Office Magazine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I've even owned one!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Jane Craig