Emma Josephson is a writer, director, and commercial editor whose work explores the search for meaning and direction in an otherwise chaotic world. Her thoughtful, emotionally driven stories are often expressed through a surrealist lens, drawing from her upbringing and personal relationships to create films rooted in connection, intimacy, and emotional truth. As a multi-hyphenate creative, she works across independent narrative films, branded content, and music videos.

Her award-winning narrative films have been official selections at festivals including Beyond Fest, Tacoma Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival, and the Academy Award-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival and Dances With Films. After a successful festival run, her dark psychological drama Bury Your Fish premiered online with Short of the Week in 2023. She was also a finalist for AFI’s 2025 DWW+ program.

As a freelance editor, Emma collaborates with JOINT, Sockeye, Lucky Day, Weiden+Kennedy, and Blue Chalk on campaigns for global brands including Adidas, Nike, Target, Google, and Duolingo, as well as television series for Food Network, Magnolia Network, and the Emmy Award-winning Portland Trail Blazers series The Trail.

As a screenwriter, her work has been nominated for a Student Emmy and supported by Film Pipeline, OMPA, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), Women in Film, and Koerner Camera. Recent short films completing their festival runs include the 35mm coming-of-age experimental drama I Felt Like Magic and the LGBTQ drama Sew Into You. Her 35mm psychological thriller short Performance Review is currently screening at festivals in 2025.

Emma is currently in pre-production on her next short film, Don’t Be Weird, which will serve as a proof of concept for a feature-length screenplay she plans to direct. She is also developing two additional thriller features, Help Each Other! and I Want to Be Great.