Emily Tomson’s background spans the arts and cultural studies. She studied Experimental Theatre as an actor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts before getting her degree in cultural Anthropology from Rutgers University. After five years in advertising, she began directing and writing for film in 2013. Emily’s work is noted for a distinct feminine perspective, characters driven by moral ambiguity, and visual storytelling that looks the way it feels. Emily has directed several short films and music videos, and made her festival debut with KATE IN OXNARD, which premiered at the 2019 Sun Valley Film Festival and was awarded Best Short Film, going on to screen at Brooklyn Film Festival, Hollyshorts, Bend Film Festival, and others. Her feature screenplays have been given multiple awards and industry recognition, most recently selected for Cassian Elwes’ Independent Screenwriting Fellowship at Sundance. Emily was a film artist-in-residence at Villa Lena in Toiano, Italy, a filmmaker with the Bureau of Creative Works and a finalist for AFI's Directing Workshop for Women. She spent her formative years in New York City, currently lives in Los Angeles, and is working on a first feature.