ERIN NICOLE PARISI, PSA PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Erin Nicole Parisi is an award winning, Emmy nominated producer, director, production designer, and writer. She was born in Chicago and raised in Texas. She is the co-founder of Kinetigraf Entertainment, a digital media company based in Dallas. Erin has worked for film festivals since 2009 and has served as the director of several Dallas film festivals, including Best of Fest and Dallas VideoFest.  She served on the Board of Texas Association of Motion Media Professionals, and currently serves on the Boards of Women in Film Dallas, Pegasus Media Project, Otis and Rosie Brown Foundation, and the Asian Film Festival of Dallas.  For Texas’ oldest Asian festival, Erin has served as Director of Development, Membership, Special Events, and Marketing including handling social media and serving on the programming team.  In 2022, Erin was the lead programmer the hostess for the 2022 Women’s Film Showcase and dinner celebration. She has also been a member of the Dallas Producers Association and the National Press Photographers Association. Erin is a philanthropist at her core who deeply values giving back to her community.  Her company, Kinetigraf Entertainment, has been responsible for donating over $600,000 in consulting,  media, and design services to help local nonprofits and film festivals including sponsoring the Dallas International Film Festival, Women Texas Film Festival, and the Asian Film Festival of Dallas.  She has been honored for her charity work by the City of Dallas, the Dallas Morning News, and received the Otis and Rosie Brown Foundation’s ExtraordinaryIs Community Impact Award. Erin is a lover of life and seeker of knowledge. She enjoys going on all types of adventures. Always an optimist and romantic, her life mottos are the “golden rule” and “a rising tide lifts all boats.”          

Contact Erin at psa@wifdallas.org