Emma D. Miller is an American documentary filmmaker. She was listed in
DOC NYC
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's "40 Under 40" in 2022 and was the recipient of the
Sundance Institute
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Producers Lab Fellowship in 2023. In 2024, she was named one of ''
Filmmaker Magazine
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''s "25 New Faces of Independent Film".
Career
In 2012, Emma graduated from
Duke University
Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
, where she was a
Robertson Scholar. She is the founder of the production company Marcona Media.
Emma produced ''
What We Leave Behind'', which premiered at
South by Southwest
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It began in 1987 and has conti ...
in 2022, winning two Special Jury Awards, and received a
Gotham Award
The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of ''Salmagundi'', published on ...
nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
She directed the documentary short ''The School of Canine Massage'', which premiered at South by Southwest in 2024. She also produced the documentary ''
Mistress Dispeller'', which premiered at the
81st Venice International Film Festival
The 81st annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy.
French actress Isabelle Huppert served as Jury President for the main competition. Italian actress an ...
and the
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...
in 2024.
Personal life
Emma is married to screenwriter
Colby Day.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
American women documentary filmmakers
American documentary film directors
American documentary film producers
American women film directors
American women film producers
Duke University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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