Erin Cardillo was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where she studied acting, writing, and literary adaptation. She spent a year in London studying Shakespeare through Marymount College and a summer at The Public Theater's Shakespeare Lab in New York City.
After college, Erin moved to New York and worked extensively on stage, but a decision to pursue a career in film and television brought her to Los Angeles. Since living in LA, Erin has appeared in leading and supporting roles in feature films and in guest starring, recurring, and regular roles on various networks, including ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW, NICK, ABC Family, Lifetime, Directv, FX, and Disney Channel.
Erin returned to the stage in 2012, originating the leading role of Melody Dent in Under My Skin at the Pasadena Playhouse. Her background as an actress and as an acting teacher at Warner Loughlin Studios in Hollywood for many years fostered her desire to create projects of her own.
In 2009, Erin began writing romantic comedy features as a solo writer with various producers. In 2012, she was the writer/producer for an improvisational romantic dramedy developed at Warner Loughlin Studios called Speak Now, which won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival in 2013 and is now available on Amazon.
Erin also partnered with fellow Warner Loughlin Studios member Richard Keith to create original projects for television. In 2013, they won the New York Television Festival's comedy pilot competition, receiving their first development deal at FOX. Shortly thereafter, they partnered with Alloy Entertainment to develop Significant Mother for CW Seed, which was picked up to series by the network and premiered on the CW in 2015.
In 2015, Erin and Richard sold an original pilot script to the CW called The I Do Crew with Little Engine Productions and Warner Brothers Television. In 2016, they were hired as Co-Executive Producers for Fuller House season 2 on Netflix and sold another original pilot to the CW called Life Sentence, which they developed with Doozer Productions and Warner Brothers Television.
Life Sentence was picked up to series and premiered on the CW in 2018. In 2018, Erin also completed a solo feature project for Disney titled Cursed, which she developed with Mandeville Entertainment. After Life Sentence, Erin and Richard went on to be described by Deadline as "the most prolific writers in broadcast television" for the 2018 season, after selling three pilot scripts in the span of a few months.
In 2019, Erin and Richard began a multi-year overall deal at Warner Brothers Television, where they continue to develop, write, and produce original TV series for broadcast and cable under their In Good Company banner. In Spring 2019, Erin's first feature film, Isn't It Romantic, starring Rebel Wilson and Liam Hemsworth, was released in theaters by New Line and Warner Brothers.
In the last two years, Erin and Richard have continued to build In Good Company on both the feature film and television sides of the business. With the addition of Creative Executive Rachel Borders, they've developed four pilots: the TV adaptation of The Five People You Meet in Heaven at FOX with Mitch Albom; the supernatural comedic procedural Pandora's Box and Ship at the CW with Spondoolie producing; the family dramedy Love Me at ABC with Brownstone Productions producing; and the YA soap The Beach at HBOMax with Alloy, Julie Plec, and Jenna Dewan producing.
In addition, the duo has developed their first feature film, Fall, produced by Little Engine Productions, which they also plan to co-direct. Erin lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Joe Towne, founder of The Performers Mindset, and their son, Lucas, a future "astronaut/writer."
