Emily Carmichael (filmmaker)

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Emily Carmichael (born January 27, 1982) is an American filmmaker and animator.[1] She wrote, directed, and animated the Penny Arcade web series The Adventures of Ledo and Ix and has written and directed several live-action short films that have screened in competition at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Slamdance, and other US and International film festivals.[2] Filmmaker called her one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in its 2013 Summer issue.[3]

Early Life

Carmichael was born in New York City and is a 2000 graduate of Stuyvesant High School.[4] 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.[5] 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."[6]

She graduated from Harvard University in 2004 with a dual B.A. degree in Literature and Visual and Environmental Studies.[7][8]

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.[9] Her comic strip Whiz Kids, which originated in her high school newspaper, ran in The Crimson over two years.[10] Seth MacFarlane, reviewing student comics for Noise magazine, commended its execution, structure, and "Doonesbury rhythm".[11] 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."[12][13]

She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with an MFA in Film in 2012.[14] In her final year she was a finalist for Tisch's Wasserman Award.[15]

Carmichael is the great-niece of the novelist Eleazar Lipsky, the granddaughter of historian Joel Carmichael, and the great-granddaughter of Louis Lipsky, an early leader in the American Zionist movement.[16][17]

Career

The first season of Carmichael's web series The Adventures of Ledo and Ix premiered on Penny Arcade on February 18, 2011 and ran for eight episodes.[18] The first and then second episodes initially premiered as stand alone short films at the 2009 and 2010 Slamdance Film Festival.[19] The first episode was also included in a 2009 online issue of the Wholphin.[20] 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.[21][22] After a successful Kickstarter campaign on January 28, 2013, production began on the series' second season which will continue to be distributed by PATV.[23]

Her spin-off animated short, RPG OKC, premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Narrative Short.[24][25] RPG OKC won Best Short at the 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival.[26] It was subsequently distributed by the online film showcase MADATOMS.COM.[27][28]

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.[29] It traveled the country in 2011 with the Viscera Film Festival, a non-profit horror film festival for women filmmakers.[30] Her short film The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was aired as part of a television series comprising student short films by KQED.[31][32] 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.[33][34][35]

Her short films have played outside of festival competition in commercial theatrical runs at the East Village "Two Boots" Pioneer Theater (Young Love), 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).[36][37][38][39][40][41]

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.[42] Arrow was also selected by IFP as one of its twenty-five Emerging Narratives for the 34th Edition of Independent Film Week in 2012.[43]

In 2013, Fox Digital Studio optioned Carmichael's screenplay, The Licking County Giants, with which she will be making her feature directorial debut.[44]

References

  1. ↑ Planke, Mike. (May 18, 2009) Emily Carmichael Interview. Cinevegas Blog. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Sondhi, Jason. (February 4, 2011) Q&A with Sundance Filmmaker Emily Carmichael. Short of the Week. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ Bernstein, Paula. (July 18, 2013) "Filmmaker Magazine Names 2013's '25 New Faces of Independent Film'". Indiewire. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Emily Carmichael. KQED Blog. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Opehlia Speaks. NPR Talk of the Nation. (May 6, 1999). Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ Quart, Alissa (September 16, 1999). "Sells Like Teen Spirit". Salon. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  7. ↑ Potier, Beth (December 12, 2002). "Is That a Puppet I See Before Me?". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ High, Emily S. (April 11, 2003). Spotlight: Emily J. Carmichael. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ Harvard Theater Database. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Programmer's Note: 2011 Sundance Film Festival" (January 6, 2011). Youtube. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Long Before Hosting Oscars, Seth MacFarlane Thought My Cartoon Was Pretty Cool" (February 23, 2013). Kid Can Drive Blog. Retrieved August 24, 2013
  12. ↑ MacNeil, Lela Scott (January 19, 2011). "Live From Sundance". Rooftop Films Blog. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Prize Office: Prize Descriptions". Harvard University. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  14. ↑ Sherman, Miranda. (May 24, 2012). 2012 Film Graduates. Cine City. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  15. ↑ Jones, Kiara C. (April 2, 2012). "2012 Wasserman Finalist Announced". Cine City. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Louis Lipsky, Dean of American Zionist Movement, Dead" (May 28, 1963). Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Joel Carmichael: Obituary" (February 12, 2006). The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  18. ↑ Suzuki, Summer. (January 6, 2011). "Penny Arcade TV Showcases 'The Adventures of Ledo and Ix'". Fandomania. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  19. ↑ Wayne, Teddy. (May 5, 2011). "Interview with Sundance Filmmaker Emily Carmichael". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Film: The Adventures of Ledo and Ix". Wholphin. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  21. ↑ MacNeil, Lela Scott (June 4, 2010). "Filmmaker Interview: Ledo and Ix Go to Town". Rooftop Films Blog. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  22. ↑ "The Next Generation" (October 7, 2010). New York Press. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  23. ↑ GC Interviews: Emily Carmichael Gaming Chronicles (February 5, 2013). Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  24. ↑ Dawson, Nick (March 11, 2013). "Tribeca Film Festival Shorts Program Announced". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  25. ↑ "Awards for RPG OKC. IMDB. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  26. ↑ Drue, Cyndy (October 26, 2013). "Award Winners of the 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival". WMGK. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  27. ↑ "RPG OKC: Part 1" (May 1, 2013). Madatoms. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  28. ↑ Hickey, Jr., Patrick (April 25, 2013). "Review Fix Exclusive 2013 Tribeca Film Festival Coverage: Interview With ‘RPG OKC’ Director Emily Carmichael". Review Fix. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  29. ↑ "Filmmaker Interviews: Part 3" (April 14, 2010). The Ticket Stubs. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  30. ↑ Dart, Allan (April 28, 2011). "Viscera Film Festival Reveals 2011 Lineup". Fangoria. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  31. ↑ "New Series Film School Shorts Brings Award-Winning Films to Public Television". KQED Pressroom. Retrieved May 1, 2013,
  32. ↑ Wiegand, David (April 13, 2013). "'Film School Shorts' Review: Future Greats". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  33. ↑ "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.
  34. ↑ Fox, Adrienne (February 15, 2012). "Geek About Town: Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival". Geek Girl Con. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  35. ↑ "Student Grant Awardees 2012". National Board of Review. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  36. ↑ "Enchanted Brooklyn: Fairytale Films" (May 9, 2011). The Brooklyn Arts Council. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Young Love at the Pioneer Theater" (August 14, 2008). Kid Can Drive Blog. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  38. ↑ Lewis, Anne S. (March 16, 2009). "SXSW Film Review: Reel Shorts 1". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  39. ↑ "Sundance Theatrical and VOD Releases Planned" (January 5, 2011). Movie City News. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  40. ↑ "Event Calendar" (September 24, 2009). Planet Fury. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  41. ↑ Dawson, Nick (September 27, 2013). "'25 New Faces' Screening Next Wednesday at NYC's IFC Center". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  42. ↑ Dawson, Nick (March 14, 2013). "Second Annual NYU Purple List Announced". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  43. ↑ Cox, Gordon (August 10, 2012). "IFP Sets Film Week Details". Variety. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  44. ↑ Salovaara, Sarah (July 21, 2013). "25 New Faces of Independent Film". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved August 24, 2013.

External links

Emily Carmichael at the Internet Movie Database
Official Website
Youtube Channel
Filmmaker "25 New Faces of Independent Film" Profile


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