Emma Moffat is a Cumbrian Writer and Director particularly interested in action and unusual stories from the past. Following a state school education, she read History at Cambridge (where she studied under the official Historian of MI5 for two years) and has a keen interest in warfare, secret intelligence and women’s history.
Currently she is developing a comedy historical TV series FOOLISH with Mighty Pebble Productions and is writing her debut feature film, PAPERCUT, a thriller set in the 1980s as well as co-writing several history-related comedy projects with Briony Redman. Emma’s next short film, SCOPE is in post-production. Watch this space for updates!
Emma’s previous short, A BATTLE IN WATERLOO stars Oscar and BAFTA-nominee Jessie Buckley and played at several Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying festivals including HollyShorts Film Festival , Underwire Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival and BFI Flare Film Festival.
Emma is a BAFTA Connect member and is represented by Rob Kraitt at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates.
Having started out as a Set PA on INCEPTION and worked in VFX on films such as CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, SKYFALL, and SPECTRE, Emma made her first short film EXPOSURE in 2015 and some micro short comedy films. She was chosen in 2016 for Wieden + Kennedy’s creative incubator scheme and was shortlisted for the worldwide Jameson First Shot competition in 2017. In 2018 she assisted Christopher McQuarrie on MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT.
With the aid of Dr. Fiona Brown, her therapist, Antonia Lloyd must discover why she has an extreme obsession with circles before it's too late.
A metaphor for the experience of OCD, Scope is a multi-layered psychological thriller short film intended to be immersive, entertaining and thought-provoking.
Starring: ANTONIA THOMAS and SAMANTHA SPIRO
Writer & Director: EMMA MOFFAT
Producers: SAMANTHA LOCOCK, KRISTINA PRINGLE
Executive Producers: EMMA MOFFAT, AMY DOWD, ELISABETH HOPPER, VICTORIA EMSLIE, ZBIGNIEW SIWEK
Director of Photography RICK JOAQUIM, S.A.S.C.; Editor LAURA JENNINGS, B.F.E.; Composer JONNY COLGAN; Casting Director HARRY GILBERT; Sound Designer FRED PEARSON; Costume Designer KATHRYN POON; Production Designer OMAR KENT; Hair and Makeup Designer DIANDRA FERREIRA; Colourist OLIVER BANKS THOMPSON; VFX Compositor: SHANE MEEHAN
With support from: WDM ENTERTAINMENT, PRIMETIME, CINECIRCLE, MY SMASH MEDIA, SUNBELT, 1920 VFX
Shot at DEERHURST ROAD with thanks to GILLIAN MILNER
During the Battle of Waterloo, a soldier’s wife (Oscar and BAFTA-nominee Jessie Buckley) searches for her missing husband in the nearby forest and resorts to desperate measures to survive.
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
Academy Award Qualifying: Santa Barbara Film Festival 2020, HollyShorts Film Festival 2019
BAFTA Qualifying: BFI Flare Film Festival 2020 , Underwire Film Festival 2019,
Nottingham International Film Festival 2019, Two Short Nights Film Festival 2019, Shorts on Tap Film Festival 2019, London Lift-Off Film Festival 2019, Santa Fe Film Festival 2020, Fastnet Film Festival 2020
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS: Lift-Off Season Awards (Nominated for Best Director, Best Actor (Jessie Buckley) and Best Narrative Short Film), Underwire Film Festival (Emma was nominated for the XX Award for Best Protagonist)
Launched at London Short Film Festival 2019
Starring: JESSIE BUCKLEY, ALISTAIR PETRIE, SAMANTHA SPIRO, SOPHIA BROWN, PHILIPPE SPALL, SOPE DIRISU
Writer & Director: EMMA MOFFAT
Producers: TILLY COULSON, ANNA HARGREAVES
Executive Producers: AMY DOWD, ELISABETH HOPPER, JOHANNA WHITEHEAD
Director of Photography CATHERINE GOLDSCHMIDT; Editor PANI SCOTT; Composer ISOBEL WALLER-BRIDGE; Casting Director LAUREN EVANS; Sound Designer FRED PEARSON; Costume Designer HARRIET WATERHOUSE; Production Designer SOFIA STOCCO; Hair and Makeup Designer VICTORIA POLAND; Colourist LUCIE BARBIER at COMPANY 3
Funded by BUMBLE with support from WDW ENTERTAINMENT
Under her comedy banner WISE LOBSTER, Emma created several monochrome micro shorts alongside her sculptural comic photography series to demonstrate her comedy writing and design skills.
These comedy shorts earned her a place at Wieden + Kennedy as part of their The Kennedys creative incubator scheme.
All of these shorts and spec-commercials were made in Emma’s living room for under £500.
Hollywood actress, Lydia Wren, is promoting her latest film in press interviews when rumours of an alleged affair between her and another actor surface.
Starring: LUCY EATON, TOM BATEMAN, HENRY GILBERT, JACK MONAGHAN, JACQUELINE PURKESS, IMOGEN ROSE
Writer & Director: EMMA MOFFAT
Producer: KATY MUMMERY
Director of Photography JACOB ROBINSON; Editor NICK DACEY; Composer HELEN SARTORY; Sound Designer DEAN COVILL; Hair and Makeup Designer SOPHIE ORMSHAW
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