Born in 1976 to Scandinavian parents, Erik grew up in the San Francisco
Bay Area. He graduated 1 of 330 in high school, garnering the
Valedictory, and was accepted to Yale and Stanford Universities. He
took a full Trustee scholarship to USC's Cinema-Television School as a
film production major where he went on to supervise the Spielberg
Scoring Stage. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1998, and became the
Editor Guild's youngest new member, working on Auf die stürmische Art (1999), Dienstags bei Morrie (1999),
Letzte Ausfahrt Hollywood (2000), They Nest - Tödliche Brut (2000) and Law & Order (1990). He was also a sound effects editor on the
Sci-Fi Channel's Der Wüstenplanet (2000) miniseries.
