His independent films have been introduced and awarded at numerous international film festivals including Student Academy Awards, Annie Awards, Annecy Animation Festival, Hiroshima Animation Festival, Zagreb Film Festival, SIGGRAPH, Anima Mundi and more. After receiving his BFA from Fine Art Department at Seoul National University and his MFA from UCLA’s film program, Erick worked at Pixar Animation Studios from 2010 to 2016 as an animator to participate in Oscar winning films like 'Inside Out' and 'Finding Dory'. Erick recently joined Tonko House, founded by Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo, also former Pixar artists and directed 'PIG : The Dam Keeper Poems' which was nominated at Annie Awards 2018 and won the Cristal Award at Annecy Animation Festival.