Emma Needell
Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film
Profile
Emma Needell, is a storyteller with roots in the Colorado countryside, where the vast landscapes of her family’s ranch ignited her imagination and her passion for cinema.
Emma’s work traverses the intricate realms of family dynamics and personal struggle, often set within evocative, cinematic landscapes that mirror the internal worlds of Emma’s characters. From penning original feature screenplays for Netflix, MGM/Orion, Anonymous Content, Disney, and Apple, to directing award-winning short films, and to world-building an internet-native IP – Emma’s journey as an artist is marked by a quest to delve deep into emotional truth, exposing the raw and the real within invented worlds and myths.
As a writer, Emma draws from stories that are evil with a heart: dark in tone, with a throughline of hope. Emma aims to shed light on the darker corners of existence while celebrating the resilience of the human spirit.