Erin Beute
Erin Beute is a filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. Of significance to those planning to attend the Fort Myers Film Festival April 10-14, Erin wrote, stars in and co-produced a 13-minute drama titled Bird’s Eye which has been juried into this year’s FMff.
Erin Beute is a SAG/AFTRA actor known for The Vampire Diaries (2009), Outcast (2016) and Shots Fired (2017). Her film credits include leads in Tooth Fairy 2, If Only, The Five Stages and The Bell and supporting roles in Waves of Grace, Ring of Fire and The Whisper Home. In addition to The Vampire Diaries, her television work includes guest star appearances in Drop Dead Diva, Last Stop (Pilot) and Coma, and co-starring roles in Charlie’s Angels, Magic City, Burn Notice 
and The Glades.
Erin has also done live theater, playing, among other roles, the first witch in Macbeth, Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker, the Evil Queen in Snow White, Irene Molloy in The Matchmaker and Doris Walker in Miracle on 34th Street.
Beute has a B.A. in Music/Theatre from Cornerstone University Conservatory.
And with Bird’s Eye, Erin adds screenwriter to her long list of impressive achievements in the performing arts. 
The film recently won Best Florida Film at Tally Shorts and just took home Best Short Narrative at the Bonita Springs International Film Festival. Bird’s Eye weaves original music into the story of darkest night giving light to highest purpose—beyond boundary, disability and circumstance—through the transformative power of music.
Bird’s Eye will screen in the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in the 2:15 shorts block on April 12.
#BeYou.
March 10, 2019.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.