Emily is a New Zealand-born writer. Now based in London, her first feature THE STOLEN was released in 2017.
Emily is represented by Steven Russell.
Emily is represented by Steven Russell.
IN DEVELOPMENT
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THE STEEL ANGEL
(writer) |
Script available.
TV drama. |
When a series of murders appear to be linked to a female PM who polarises public opinion, it falls to her oldest family friend and an ambitious police detective to hunt down a serial killer with a grudge who is threatening both their families…
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MOTHER EARTH
(writer) |
Script available.
TV drama. |
Set in a near future that has suffered an environmental disaster, where an ex-biology teacher who, mildly on the spectrum, grapples with her life's military controllers after she develops a plant that she believes can cleanse the densely polluted soil of 'the Parched Earth' which renders the land uninhabitable. Those that are no longer of use or cannot contribute to society are sent to the Parched Earth, so she purposely gets herself sent there & finds hope and help in an eclectic mixture of people - an ex-drug addict racing driver, a young priest and a blind teenage girl - who's sense of smell helps her find what she is looking for to save the earth...
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TO LOVE AND CONQUER
(co-writer) |
Script available.
Feature. |
A Roman captain, left for dead by his ambitious, traitorous subordinate, is nursed back to health by a Celtic tribeswoman who has never encountered his kind before...
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OVERACTING
(writer) |
Script available.
Feature. |
An ageing actress, holding out for her big break, rises to the unexpected challenge of coaching her protege to audition for Ian McKellen after they both accidentally kill their lascivious acting teacher.
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PARALLEL
(writer) |
IN DEVELOPMENT
Feature. |
A young scientist passes into a parallel universe to find his father, and has to use this world's knowledge to save his father's one.
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ROCK AND ROLL REDEMPTION
(writer) |
Treatment available.
Feature. |
A street tramp is struck by lightning and survives, only to wake up believing that he has been touched by the finger of God, this leads him to reconcile with his long lost daughter... with the help of some serious guitar playing.
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CREDITS
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THE STOLEN
(co-writer) |
Cork Films.
Feature. |
When a British wife and mother, settled in 1860s frontier New Zealand, finds herself alone after her husband is murdered and her son is kidnapped, she joins a ragtag band of hookers and prospectors & travels across a lawless land to find him…
Director Niall Johnson. (2016) |
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GAMES OF BONES
(writer) |
Cork Films/Stanley Road.
Sketch. |
Rap parody of 'Game of Thrones’.
Director Richard Wellings-Thomas (2014) |
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THE FIGHT ROOM
(co-writer) |
Cork Films/Stanley Road.
TV pilot. |
A woman wakes up in a bunker and is forced to fight for her life.
CLICK HERE FOR THE TEASER. |
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SISTERHOOD
(writer) |
Cork Films.
Feature. |
Comedy with two sisters who try to track down their father after their mothers die and leave everything to him in their wills.
CLICK HERE FOR THE TRAILER. |
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MOUSSAKA AND CHIPS
(co-writer) |
Enterprise Productions.
Feature. |
Getaway driver Miles Foster is placed in witness protection after the murder of his friend Andres by Astin Brody, a shady underworld boss. Miles is hidden on the Greek Island of Zanthi with a recently graduated female MI6 officer, Charlotte Green. Shalom Godsall, Brody's disgruntled number two, has recommended two Irish assassins take out Miles, much to their surprise as a father and son assassin team they h ave a terrible track record. Godsall, however, is working with American secret service to oust his rival Astin Brody and take the top job. Nothing is going to plan; the assassins have found their target and are getting close. Miles and Charlotte are not getting on at all and the special relationship between the British and American secret service is at breaking point.
Director Danny Patrick (2005) CLICK HERE FOR THE TRAILER. |
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THE INVITATION
(writer) |
Cork Films.
Short film. |
Comedy about a woman who invites her ex-boyfriend and his current girlfriend to stay at her stately home.
Director James Erskine (2001) |
