Emma Franz

Emma Franz is an award-winning independent filmmaker. Her auteur-driven non-fiction films (which she produced, directed, shot, wrote and edited) have been broadcast on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Link TV USA, NHK Japan, ABC Australia, Sky Italy, YLE Finland and TV Catalunya Spain, and screened as far and wide as the USA, Australia, UK, Japan, Korea, Italy, France, Finland, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Israel, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Singapore, New Zealand and Macedonia. They have enjoyed theatrical release at Laemmle Cinemas around Los Angeles and the IFC Centre, MOMI (Museum of the Moving Image), the Lincoln Centre and Jacob Burns Film Centre in New York, as well as a 13-city release in Korean cinemas. Prior to her work in film and television, Franz worked as a professional musician for stage, television and radio around the world. She remains highly connected to music, writing and performing, and drawing on her passion for and experience of music practice to inform and inspire her film-making. She has worked as a post-production supervisor, story editor, vision editor, production assistant, camera operator, researcher and sound editor for various production companies on high profile Australian and international productions.