Maya Eriksson was born in 1981 in West-Berlin to a German mother and a Mexican father. She currently works as a Creative Producer for interactive media at Filmtank and freelances as a director of music videos and short documentaries.
Her background is in Directing and Dramaturgy – she started as one of the co-founders of the self-managed filmschool, filmArche e.V., in Berlin. There she headed the directing department from 2001 – 2005 and went on to take her Master’s Degree in filmmaking at the London Filmschool in 2009.
During this time she directed and produced a number of short films and worked as a Production Assistant for Sally Potter at Adventure Pictures in London. She has been an active member of NISI MASA - European Network of Young Cinema since 2001.
After having lived in Mexico City, São Paulo and London she has now returned to Berlin with her Swedish husband and their two children