Emily Carmichael (filmmaker)

Carmichael was born in New York City and is a 2000 graduate of Stuyvesant High School.[http://blogs.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/filmmakers/emily-carmichael/ Emily Carmichael]. KQED Blog. Retrieved May 1, 2013. In 1999 she published two essays, "Fight Girl Power" and "Acid Torches of Doom", in the book Ophelia Speaks, an anthology of works by adolescent girls which spent eighteen weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1049703 Ophelia Speaks]. NPR Talk of the Nation. (May 6, 1999). Retrieved May 1, 2013. Salon's review singled out "Fight Girl Power" as the best of the collection praising fifteen-year-old Carmichael's essay as a "sophisticated, painful, and amusing meditation on girl power."Quart, Alissa (September 16, 1999). [http://www.salon.com/1999/09/16/teens_3/ "Sells Like Teen Spirit"]. Salon. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

She graduated from Harvard University in 2004 with a dual BA degree in Literature and Visual and Environmental Studies.Potier, Beth (December 12, 2002). [http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/12.12/18-macbeth.html "Is That a Puppet I See Before Me?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100540/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/12.12/18-macbeth.html |date=2016-03-04 }}. Harvard Gazette. Retrieved April 30, 2013.High, Emily S. (April 11, 2003). [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/4/11/spotlight-emily-j-carmichael-03-istopover/ Spotlight: Emily J. Carmichael]. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

During her time at Harvard she wrote and directed two full-length plays and three short plays at the Loeb Experimental Theater and the Adams House Pool Theater.[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hrdc/htdb/displayperson.php?personid=3874 Harvard Theater Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519012359/http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hrdc/htdb/displayperson.php?personid=3874 |date=2011-05-19 }}. Retrieved May 1, 2013. Her comic strip Whiz Kids, which originated in her high school newspaper, ran in The Crimson over two years.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtlbllVCXmU "Programmer's Note: 2011 Sundance Film Festival"] (January 6, 2011). Youtube. Retrieved August 24, 2013. Seth MacFarlane, reviewing student comics for Noise magazine, commended its execution, structure, and "Doonesbury rhythm".[http://blog.kidcandrive.com/2013/02/long-before-hosting-oscars-seth.html "Long Before Hosting Oscars, Seth MacFarlane Thought My Cartoon Was Pretty Cool"] (February 23, 2013). Kid Can Drive Blog. Retrieved August 24, 2013 The citation for Carmichael's David McCord Prize—an undergraduate honor awarded by Harvard houses for excellence in the arts—referred to her as "...an artistic phenomenon. Or perhaps more accurately...a bizarre frightening mutant artistic freak."MacNeil, Lela Scott (January 19, 2011). [http://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2011/01/rooftop-films-live-from-sundance.html "Live From Sundance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619005134/http://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2011/01/rooftop-films-live-from-sundance.html |date=2012-06-19 }}. Rooftop Films Blog. Retrieved August 24, 2013.[http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k78478&pageid=icb.page401491#a_icb_pagecontent1333015_M "Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Prize Office: Prize Descriptions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730130143/http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k78478&pageid=icb.page401491#a_icb_pagecontent1333015_M |date=2014-07-30 }}. Harvard University. Retrieved August 24, 2013.

She graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with an MFA in Film in 2012.Sherman, Miranda. (May 24, 2012). [http://blogs.nyu.edu/tisch/gradfilm/2012/05/congratulations_2012_grad_film.html 2012 Film Graduates] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130626180125/http://blogs.nyu.edu/tisch/gradfilm/2012/05/congratulations_2012_grad_film.html |date=2013-06-26 }}. Cine City. Retrieved May 1, 2013. In her final year she was a finalist for Tisch's Wasserman Award.Jones, Kiara C. (April 2, 2012). [http://blogs.nyu.edu/tisch/gradfilm/2012/04/2012_wasserman_finalist_announ.html "2012 Wasserman Finalist Announced"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130824193344/http://blogs.nyu.edu/tisch/gradfilm/2012/04/2012_wasserman_finalist_announ.html |date=2013-08-24 }}. Cine City. Retrieved August 24, 2013.

The first season of Carmichael's animated web series The Adventures of Ledo and Ix premiered on Penny Arcade on February 18, 2011 and ran for eight episodes.Suzuki, Summer. (January 6, 2011). [http://fandomania.com/penny-arcade-tv-showcases-the-adventures-of-ledo-and-ix/ "Penny Arcade TV Showcases 'The Adventures of Ledo and Ix'"]. Fandomania. Retrieved April 30, 2013. The first and then second episodes initially premiered as stand alone short films at the 2009 and 2010 Slamdance Film Festival.Wayne, Teddy. (May 5, 2011). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/teddy-wayne/sundance-emily-carmichael_b_858124.html "Interview with Sundance Filmmaker Emily Carmichael"]. Huffington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2013. The first episode was also included in a 2009 online issue of the Wholphin.[http://www.wholphindvd.com/web-films/the-adventures-of-ledo-ix/ "Film: The Adventures of Ledo and Ix"]. Wholphin. Retrieved May 1, 2013. The series won a Rooftop Filmmaker's Fund Short Film Grant in 2010 and the first three episodes played as part of the Rooftop Film Festival's Summer Series.MacNeil, Lela Scott (June 4, 2010). [http://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2010/06/filmmaker-interview-ledo-and-ix.html "Filmmaker Interview: Ledo and Ix Go to Town"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301054600/http://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2010/06/filmmaker-interview-ledo-and-ix.html |date=2011-03-01 }}. Rooftop Films Blog. Retrieved May 2, 2013.[http://nypress.com/the-next-generation/ "The Next Generation"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324094924/http://www.nypress.com/the-next-generation |date=2016-03-24 }} (October 7, 2010). New York Press. Retrieved May 2, 2013. After a successful Kickstarter campaign on January 28, 2013, production began on the series' second season.[http://www.gamingchronicles.com/gc-interviews-emily-carmichael/ GC Interviews: Emily Carmichael] Gaming Chronicles (February 5, 2013). Retrieved April 30, 2013.

In a review of the series for Gamemoir, Sara Clemens writes "Ledo and Ix are the best game characters you’ve never played, and while it’s true viewing them on the small screen strips away the interactivity that propelled my early adventures on the NES and SNES, watching them interact with each other and various villagers gets to the heart of what made early RPGs so special."{{cite web|last=Clemens|first=Sara|date=August 26, 2013|url=http://gamemoir.com/opinions/if-these-sprites-could-talk-stories-in-8-bits/|title=If These Sprites Could Talk: Stories in 8-BITS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413202713/http://gamemoir.com/opinions/if-these-sprites-could-talk-stories-in-8-bits/|archive-date=2016-04-13|website=Gamemoir|access-date=April 24, 2016|url-status=usurped}}

Her spin-off animated short, RPG OKC, premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Narrative Short.Dawson, Nick (March 11, 2013). [http://filmmakermagazine.com/66770-tribea-film-festival-shorts-programs-announced/ "Tribeca Film Festival Shorts Program Announced"]. Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved April 30, 2013.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2510904/awards?ref_=tt_awd "Awards for RPG OKC]. IMDB. Retrieved August 24, 2013. RPG OKC won Best Short at the 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival and Audience Favorite at the 2014 Science Fiction Fantasy Short Film Festival.Drue, Cyndy (October 26, 2013). [http://www.wmgk.com/shows/cyndy-drue/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10606567 "Award Winners of the 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101191901/http://www.wmgk.com/shows/cyndy-drue/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10606567 |date=2013-11-01 }}. WMGK. Retrieved October 30, 2013.[http://www.empmuseum.org/programs-plus-education/programs/science-fiction-plus-fantasy-short-film-festival/science-fiction-plus-fantasy-short-film-festival-2014.aspx?alttemplate=mobile-general "Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153551/http://www.empmuseum.org/programs-plus-education/programs/science-fiction-plus-fantasy-short-film-festival/science-fiction-plus-fantasy-short-film-festival-2014.aspx?alttemplate=mobile-general |date=2014-02-22 }} (January 12, 2014). EMP Museum. Retrieved February 16, 2014. Indiewire called it one of the top ten unsung films of 2013 and film critic Eric Kohn touted it as deserving of Oscar consideration in the animated short film category.Kohn, Eric (December 24, 2013). [http://www.indiewire.com/article/critics-picks-10-movies-that-deserved-more-attention-in-2013 "Critic's Picks: 10 Movies That Deserved More Attention in 2013."] Indiewire. Retrieved February 16, 2014.Kohn, Eric (February 3, 2014). [http://www.indiewire.com/article/are-these-the-best-short-films-of-2013-reviewing-the-most-offbeat-oscar-nominees?page=2 "Are These the Best Short Films of 2013? Reviewing the Most Offbeat Oscar Nominees."] Indiewire. Retrieved February 16, 2014. It was subsequently distributed by the online film showcase MADATOMS.COM.[http://madatoms.com/site/blog/rpg-okc-part-1/ "RPG OKC: Part 1"] (May 1, 2013). Madatoms. Retrieved May 2, 2013.Hickey, Jr., Patrick (April 25, 2013). [http://reviewfix.com/2013/04/review-fix-exclusive-2013-tribeca-film-festival-coverage-interview-with-rpg-okc-director-emily-carmichael/ "Review Fix Exclusive 2013 Tribeca Film Festival Coverage: Interview With ‘RPG OKC’ Director Emily Carmichael"]. Review Fix. Retrieved May 2, 2013.

Carmichael's short film The Ghost and Us, starring Maria Dizzia, premiered at the 2009 Cinevegas Film Festival and won Best Short at Project Twenty1's Philadelphia Film-A-Thon.[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theticketstubs/2010/04/14/atlanta-film-festival--filmmakers-interviews-part-3 "Filmmaker Interviews: Part 3"] (April 14, 2010). The Ticket Stubs. Retrieved April 30, 2013. It screened throughout North America and Europe in 2011 as part of the Viscera Film Festival, a touring horror film festival for women filmmakers.Dart, Allan (April 28, 2011). [http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?view=article&id=4291:viscera-film-festival-reveals-2011-lineup&option=com_content&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167 "Viscera Film Festival Reveals 2011 Lineup"]. Fangoria. Retrieved May 1, 2013. During the tour Carmichael won Best Screenplay and Best Comedic Horror Short."[http://strangerwithmyface.com/2012/01/19/stranger-with-my-face-films-honoured-in-vancouver/ Short Films Honored in Vancouver] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210231306/http://strangerwithmyface.com/2012/01/19/stranger-with-my-face-films-honoured-in-vancouver/ |date=2012-02-10 }}". (January 19, 2012). Stranger With My Face. Retrieved June 14, 2014.Sipos, Thomas M. (September 20, 2011). "[http://www.hollywoodinvestigator.com/2011/horrorfilm2011.html Ghosts, Demons Whoop Zombies, Serial Killers at 2011 Tabloid Witch Awards]". Hollywood Investigator. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

Her short film The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was aired in the first episode of the KQED television series Film School Shorts.[http://blogs.kqed.org/pressroom/2013/02/26/film-school-shorts-public-television-series/ "New Series Film School Shorts Brings Award-Winning Films to Public Television"]. KQED Pressroom. Retrieved May 1, 2013,Wiegand, David (April 13, 2013). [http://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/Film-School-Shorts-review-future-greats-4430923.php "'Film School Shorts' Review: Future Greats"]. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 3, 2013. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Science Fiction Fantasy Short Film Festival, third prize at the 2012 First Run Film Festival, and a Student Grant from the National Board of Review.[http://industryhappenings.com/?event=los-angeles-ca-nyu-tisch-may-31st-award-winning-film-la-industry-showcase "WINNERS OF NYU’S 70TH ANNUAL FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL TO BE SCREENED AT ANNUAL HAIG MANOOGIAN SCREENINGS AT THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA"] (May 4, 2012). Industry Happenings. Retrieved April 30, 2013.Fox, Adrienne (February 15, 2012). [http://www.geekgirlcon.com/sffsff/ "Geek About Town: Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival"]. Geek Girl Con. Retrieved May 8, 2013.[http://www.nbrmp.org/features/sga.cfm "Student Grant Awardees 2012"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116165014/http://www.nbrmp.org/features/sga.cfm |date=2013-01-16 }}. National Board of Review. Retrieved May 11, 2013. Filmmaker, in a review of Sundance shorts, called the film "sweet, beautiful, clever, and fun" and "magic and original".Maurino, Marc (August 4, 2011). "[http://filmmakermagazine.com/27357-a-day-at-the-sundance-shortslab/#.U50In41ylR0 A Day at the Sundance Shortslab]". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

Her short films have played commercial theatrical runs in venues including the Brooklyn Academy of Music (The Adventures of Ledo and Ix/The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting), Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center (That's My Majesty), IFC Center (The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting/RPG OKC), and the Anthology Film Archives (The Ghost and Us).[http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/1685 "Enchanted Brooklyn: Fairytale Films"] (May 9, 2011). The Brooklyn Arts Council. Retrieved May 10, 2013.[http://www.kidcandrive.com/news/2008/08/young-love-at-pioneer-theater.html "Young Love at the Pioneer Theater"] (August 14, 2008). Kid Can Drive Blog. Retrieved May 10, 2013.Lewis, Anne S. (March 16, 2009). [http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/screens/2009-03-16/755303/ "SXSW Film Review: Reel Shorts 1"]. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved May 10, 2013.[http://moviecitynews.com/2011/page/543/ "Sundance Theatrical and VOD Releases Planned"] (January 5, 2011). Movie City News. Retrieved May 10, 2013.[http://www.planetfury.com/event/2009/10/01/week "Event Calendar"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101234530/http://www.planetfury.com/event/2009/10/01/week |date=2013-11-01 }} (September 24, 2009). Planet Fury. Retrieved May 10, 2013.Dawson, Nick (September 27, 2013). [http://filmmakermagazine.com/76379-25-new-faces-screening-next-wednesday-at-nycs-ifc-center/ "'25 New Faces' Screening Next Wednesday at NYC's IFC Center"]. Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

Carmichael's feature-length screenplay, Arrow, was named to NYU's 2013 Purple List of best production-ready screenplays by a panel of judges that included Peter Dinklage, Karyn Kusama, and James Belfer.Dawson, Nick (March 14, 2013). [http://filmmakermagazine.com/66946-second-annual-nyu-purple-list-announced/ "Second Annual NYU Purple List Announced"]. Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 1, 2013. Arrow was also selected by IFP as one of its twenty-five Emerging Narratives for the 34th Edition of Independent Film Week in 2012.Cox, Gordon (August 10, 2012). [https://variety.com/2012/film/news/ifp-sets-film-week-details-1118057707/ "IFP Sets Film Week Details"]. Variety. Retrieved August 4, 2013. In March 2014, Carmichael reported having completed the filming of a short, Stryka, based on characters in her Arrow screenplay starring Rupert Friend and Aimee Mullins."[http://podbay.fm/show/797009554/e/1393675200?autostart=1 Rainbow Brite with Emily Carmichael]" (March 1, 2014). Breakfast Quest Podcast. Retrieved June 14, 2014. Stryka premiered at the 2015 Aspen Shortsfest."[http://www.aspentimes.com/entertainment/15736256-113/aspen-times-weekly-ones-to-watch-at-aspen-shortsfest Ones to Watch at Aspen Shortsfest]" (April 7, 2015). Aspen Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

Filmmaker called her one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in its 2013 Summer issue.Bernstein, Paula. (July 18, 2013) [http://www.indiewire.com/article/filmmaker-magazine-names-25-new-faces-of-independent-film "Filmmaker Magazine Names 2013's '25 New Faces of Independent Film'"]. Indiewire. Retrieved July 18, 2013. That same year Fox Digital Studio optioned Carmichael's screenplay The Licking County Giants.Salovaara, Sarah (July 21, 2013). [http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/emily-carmichael/ "25 New Faces of Independent Film"]. Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved August 24, 2013.

In 2015, she joined Time Warner's artist incubator, OneFifty, to create content for HBO, Warner Bros., and Turner.Irving, Ashley. (February 26, 2015) [http://www.timewarner.com/blog/posts/20160226-time-warner-spotlights-onefifty-a-new-incubator-for-fresh-storytelling Time Warner Spotlights OneFifty, a New Incubator for Fresh Storytelling]. Time Warner Blog. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

In May 2016, Amblin Entertainment announced it had signed Carmichael to write and direct the film Powerhouse, based on an original story by Colin Trevorrow, to be produced by Trevorrow, Steven Spielberg, and Simon Kinberg.Kroll, Justin. (May 17, 2016). "[https://variety.com/2016/film/news/steven-spielberg-colin-trevorrow-powerhouse-1201776995/ Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow Reteam on Family Action Movie 'Powerhouse]'". Variety. Retrieved June 20, 2016.Calvario, Liz. (May 18, 2016). "[http://www.indiewire.com/2016/05/emily-carmichael-to-write-steven-spielberg-colin-trevorrow-producing-290246/ Emily Carmichael to Write and Direct 'Powerhouse'; Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow Producing]". IndieWire. Retrieved June 20, 2016.

Carmichael was set to direct the film adaptation of Lumberjanes at 20th Century Studios,Newitz, Annalee. (July 20, 2016) [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/this-short-film-got-its-indie-director-a-job-writing-the-new-pacific-rim-movie/ This Short Got Its Indie Director a Job Writing the New Pacific Rim Movie]. Ars Technica. Retrieved July 21, 2016.Gonzalez, Umberto. (August 10, 2016) "[http://www.thewrap.com/emily-carmichael-to-direct-lumberjanes-for-20th-century-fox-exclusive/ Emily Carmichael to Direct 'Lumberjanes' for Fox (Exclusive)]". The Wrap. Retrieved August 11, 2016. prior to that project's cancellation by Disney in August 2019 after its acquisition of 21st Century Fox.{{cite web|last1=Sobon|first1=Nicole|title=Lumberjanes Live-Action Film Canceled By Disney|website=CBR|date=August 13, 2019|url=https://www.cbr.com/lumberjanes-live-action-film-canceled-disney/|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817143914/https://www.cbr.com/lumberjanes-live-action-film-canceled-disney/|archive-date=August 17, 2020|url-status=live}}

Carmichael was engaged to vocal coach Erik Singer in June 2022.{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=2022-06-29 |title=‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Screenwriter and ‘Elvis’ Dialect Coach Are Engaged |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/jurassic-world-dominion-screenwriter-elvis-dialect-coach-engaged-1235173859/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} According to a post on her Instagram, the pair were married in June 2023.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/kidcandrive/p/CtUBvi-O_b4/?img_index=1 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.instagram.com}}

Film writer

• Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
• Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

Short film

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