Erin Collins Butler went to California State University, Chico, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design. Born and raised in San Rafael, CA Erin began her career in film without having to go far from home. She began working at Industrial Light and Magic, Commercial Productions in 1997. For the next five years, she continued to work at ILM and as a free-lancer on a number of feature films, commercials, industrials and music videos. She joined Doug and his team of artists on The Polar Express in 2002 and is happy to be a part of the Ice Blink Team.