Erick Castrillon was spawned in Bucaramanga, Colombia, during the unfolding heat of early May. When he was twelve, his family immigrated to Florida, displaced by a messy civil war. He got his B.A. in English Literature at FIU where deconstruction became his jam. After college he went off to study Mandarin in China and Italian and risotto-making in Italy. Castrillon has completed his M.A. in Writing for the Screen and Television at the revered USC film school and interned at Ad Hominem Enterprises. He has written and directed several short films, and published Basic Sleight of Hand, a collection of short stories. He has written several feature screenplays. Currently he and his team are producing a short titled Blast Beat and a feature titled Of Stars and Alligators, both written by Castrillon. The man puts weird acrylic hues to canvases and picks to acoustic guitar strings. He composes songs, he keeps plants in his house, he follows “I Fucking Love Science.” If it’s cold . . . well he might wear a scarf. He values ideas and insightful conversations. Recently he was invited to participate as a 2014-2015 Project Involve Screenwriting Fellow!