Director/Producer Erin Harper is currently directing her first feature documentary about 87-year-old jazz troubadour, Bob Dorough -- the man behind SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! Her first short film "Passion," about a young violinist discovering his musical heroʼs legacy, received Best Cinematography and Best Sound Design awards at the 2008 CityVisions Film Festival, opened a New Filmmakers series at Anthology Film Archives, premiered at Chicagoʼs International Film and Music Festival, and screened at festivals in Poland. Harper garnered the Cinema Cum Laude Prize from the Jacob Burnes Film Center two consecutive years for directorial contributions and IFPʼs NextGen Film Award for producing. She was the director of photography for the Barbara Hammer documentary, MAYAʼS SINK, which won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film at the 2011 International Film Festival in Berlin and screened at IFC Docuweeks 2011. Harper received the 2010 NYSCA grant to complete the feature length version of "Passion," which she will complete in the winter of 2011. A Northwestern graduate, she received her M.F.A. in film production and directing documentaries at City College of New York.