Erika is the calm center during fast-paced productions, addressing issues that arise in prep, shooting and post-production. In her leadership of production legal for such works as “Bad Thoughts”, “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock”, “Good Boy”, “Soul On Fire”, “Atropia”  and recent festival film, “Basic,” as well as Paramount Television Studio’s “Reacher,” and “Foundation,” Senior Partner Erika Canchola optimizes her clients’ financial, legal and business position in the financing, production and exploitation of their content.

Erika serves as outside production counsel for Paramount Television Studio and is currently advising several producers of short- and long-form content slated for theatrical, television and new media platforms.

Capabilities

• Film financing
• Corporate formations
• Copyright filings
• Contract negotiations
• Production financing and producing legal for producers, productions and other clients

Highlights

• Served as production counsel and executive producer for 2026 SXSW selection “Basic” with Ashley Park and Leighton Meester
• Served as production counsel for Netflix’s “Bad Thoughts”

Select Production and Finance Clients

• Paramount Television Studios
• Badlands Productions
• Getaway Entertainment
• iGeneration Studios
• AGC
• The Jim Henson Company
• Rustic Films

Select TV and Film Projects and Deals

• “Basic” 2026 SXSW
• “Atropia” 2025
• “Soul On Fire” 2025
• “Driver’s Ed” 2025
• “Bad Thoughts” 2025, Netflix
• “Good Boy” 2025
• “You Gabba GabbaLand!,” 2024-present, Apple TV+
• “FUBAR,” 2023-2025, Neflix
• “The Room Next Door” 2024
• “Oh, Canada” 2024
• “Eden” 2024
• “The Big Door Prize,” 2023-2024, Apple TV+
• “If You Were the Last,” 2023
• “A Man Called Otto,”2022
• “Butcher’s Crossing,” 2022
• “Prisoner’s Daughter,” 2022
• “Reacher,” 2022-Present, Amazon
• “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock,” 2022-2024, Apple TV+
• “Something in the Dirt,” 2022 Sundance
• “Foundation,” 2021-Present, Apple TV+
• “Happily,” 2020
• “Arkansas,” 2020
• “Four Good Days,” 2020
• “Damsel,” 2018
• “Hearts Beat Loud,” 2018
• “Fun Mom Dinner,” 2017
• “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” 2015
• “Ride,” 2015
• “Fury,” 2014
• “Grace and Frankie,” 2015-2022, Netflix
• “The Americans,”2013-2018, FX, 2019 Golden Globe winner
• “Short Term 12,” 2013

Film Financing

• “Oh, Canada,” 2024
• “Atropia,” 2025
• “Sanctuary,” 2022
• “On the Line,” 2022
• “Wild Indian,” 2021
• “Fatman,” 2020
• “Ashes in the Snow,” 2018
• “All Creatures Here Below,” 2018
• “Small Crimes,” 2017
• “Teenage Cocktail,” 2016
• “The Driftless Area,” 2015
• “Kidnapping Mr. Heineken,” 2015
• “Still Alice,” 2014
• “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” 2013

Awards/Recognitions

• “Legal Impact Report,” Variety, 2026
• “Legal Impact Report,” Variety, 2023
• “Leaders of Influence: 2022 – Thriving in Their 40s,” Los Angeles Business Journal, 2022
• “Legal Impact Report,” Variety, 2022
• “Dealmakers Impact Report,” Variety, 2020
• “Legal Impact Report,” Variety, 2020
• “Legal Impact Report, Variety, 2019
• “Most Influential Women Attorneys,” Los Angeles Business Journal, 2018
• “Dealmakers Impact Report,” Variety, 2018

Affiliations

• Professional Entertainment Female Attorneys (PEFA)

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of California
• The District of Columbia Bar
• New York State Bar

Education

• J.D., Boston University School of Law
• B.S., Santa Clara University