Eric Slade is an award-winning producer for Oregon Art Beat at Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Prior to joining OPB, Eric worked as an independent producer for various OPB programs, including "History Detectives" and "Great Lodges of the National Parks." He also has 15 years experience as a filmmaker in San Francisco. He produced two feature-length documentaries that won a combined eight Best Documentary awards, and a Golden Gate Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival. His one-hour film, "Rothko, Pictures Must Be Miraculous," produced with OPB, aired on the PBS series "American Masters."

Eric earned a bachelor of science from Emerson College in Boston.

Eric was born and raised in Portland.