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Short BioEMMA DARK is an award-winning filmmaker, and actress. Deeply passionate about film she began her narrative filmmaking career in 2014, debuting at festivals with horror/action short "Seize the Night" (2015), featuring Anthony Ilott (Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort), with fight choreography by Roy Scammell (Alien, A Clockwork Orange).
Her second festival short, sci-fi/horror "Salient Minus Ten" (2017), received its premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square as part of the British Horror Film Festival, and stars "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" actor Alan Austen in the lead role, with cinematography from internationally renowned DoP Philip Bloom. Accolades include winning Starburst Magazine's MediaCity Film Festival 2018 "Best Director" award, the YFIFF 2018 "Albert Pyun Inspiration Award", the YFIFF 2015 "Rising Star" award, the Stormy Weather 2017 "Outstanding Female Filmmaker" award, and the Stormy Weather 2019 "Best Editing" award. |
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EMMA DARK is an award-winning filmmaker, and actress working within the Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres.
Deeply passionate about film and creativity she began her narrative filmmaking career in 2014, debuting at festivals with horror/action short "Seize the Night" (2015), featuring Anthony Ilott (Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort), with fight choreography by Roy Scammell (Alien, A Clockwork Orange).
Her second festival short, sci-fi/horror "Salient Minus Ten" (2017), received its premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square as part of the British Horror Film Festival, and stars "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" actor Alan Austen in the lead role, with cinematography from internationally renowned DoP Philip Bloom.
Accolades include winning Starburst Magazine's MediaCity Film Festival 2018 "Best Director" award, the YFIFF 2018 "Albert Pyun Inspiration Award", the YFIFF 2015 "Rising Star" award, the Stormy Weather 2017 "Outstanding Female Filmmaker" award, and the Stormy Weather 2019 "Best Editing" award.
As a contributing writer for Digital FilmMaker Magazine Emma helmed the magazine's monthly "Ask the Filmmaker" section, and graced the front cover of issue 39 with an article charting the rise of female filmmakers. She's also spoken on the subject of independent filmmaking and women in film at a number of events, including PR Week and Campaign Magazine's Brand Film Festival (London), hosted by journalist Miranda Sawyer.
No stranger to publicity, Emma has been featured in various magazines over the years, including a five page interview in issue 187 of The Dark Side, the world’s leading print horror magazine, and has also appeared as a celebrity autograph guest at a number of conventions across the UK, including Birmingham's MCM Comic Con and Sheffield's HorrorCon UK. Emma also writes for We Belong Dead magazine, with column "Emma Dark's Dark Corner".
Deeply passionate about film and creativity she began her narrative filmmaking career in 2014, debuting at festivals with horror/action short "Seize the Night" (2015), featuring Anthony Ilott (Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort), with fight choreography by Roy Scammell (Alien, A Clockwork Orange).
Her second festival short, sci-fi/horror "Salient Minus Ten" (2017), received its premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square as part of the British Horror Film Festival, and stars "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" actor Alan Austen in the lead role, with cinematography from internationally renowned DoP Philip Bloom.
Accolades include winning Starburst Magazine's MediaCity Film Festival 2018 "Best Director" award, the YFIFF 2018 "Albert Pyun Inspiration Award", the YFIFF 2015 "Rising Star" award, the Stormy Weather 2017 "Outstanding Female Filmmaker" award, and the Stormy Weather 2019 "Best Editing" award.
As a contributing writer for Digital FilmMaker Magazine Emma helmed the magazine's monthly "Ask the Filmmaker" section, and graced the front cover of issue 39 with an article charting the rise of female filmmakers. She's also spoken on the subject of independent filmmaking and women in film at a number of events, including PR Week and Campaign Magazine's Brand Film Festival (London), hosted by journalist Miranda Sawyer.
No stranger to publicity, Emma has been featured in various magazines over the years, including a five page interview in issue 187 of The Dark Side, the world’s leading print horror magazine, and has also appeared as a celebrity autograph guest at a number of conventions across the UK, including Birmingham's MCM Comic Con and Sheffield's HorrorCon UK. Emma also writes for We Belong Dead magazine, with column "Emma Dark's Dark Corner".
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EMMA DARK is an award-winning filmmaker, and actress working within the Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres.
Deeply passionate about film and creativity, Emma made an initial foray into genre filmmaking in 2014 with fun horror short "Island of the Blind Dead" (2015), before embarking on her first first self-produced and directed festival short film - horror/action "Seize the Night" (2015), featuring Anthony Ilott (Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort), with fight choreography by Roy Scammell (Alien, A Clockwork Orange). Her work on "Seize the Night" went on to win Emma the "Rising Star" award at Northern Ireland's Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival in 2015, and the "Outstanding Female Filmmaker" award from Stormy Weather Horror Fest in 2017. The film garnered reviews from a multitude of genre websites including Dread Central and Starburst, a three page print review and front page mention in UK horror magazine Scream, as well as a news article on AMC's Horror Channel website.
Emma's second festival short film, sci-fi/horror "Salient Minus Ten" (2017), received a glitzy world premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square, London as part of the British Horror Film Festival in 2017. The film went on to play festivals across the world, winning Emma a Starburst Magazine MediaCity Film Festival 2018 "Best Director" award, the Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival 2018 "Albert Pyun Inspiration Award", and the "Best Editing" award from Stormy Weather Horror Fest 2019. The film stars "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" actor Alan Austen in the lead role, with cinematography from internationally renowned DoP Philip Bloom.
A strong advocator of raising awareness of women in film, 2016 saw Emma grace the front cover of issue 39 of independent filmmaking magazine Digital FilmMaker Magazine, heading an article charting the rise of female filmmakers. Emma later went on to helm the magazine's monthly "Ask the Filmmaker" section in 2017, answering readers film production questions as the resident expert. In 2018 Emma spoke on stage at PR Week and Campaign Magazine's Brand Film Festival (London) as part of a women in film discussion panel focusing on female leaders in the film industry, hosted by journalist Miranda Sawyer.
Front of camera, some of Emma's acting achievements include playing the lead role of Lexi in Martin Daniels' "House of Lexi" (2019), starring in "Frankula" (2017) alongside Hammer Horror scream queens Caroline Munro and Judy Matheson, and featuring in music video "B.E.F. Feat. Kim Wilde: Every Time I See You I Go Wild" (2013).
Following the success of both Emma's films and acting roles she has appeared as a celebrity autograph guest at a number of conventions across the UK, including Birmingham's MCM Comic Con and Sheffield's HorrorCon UK, and has judged at a variety of film festivals. No stranger to publicity, Emma has been featured in various interviews, radio shows and magazine articles, including a five page interview in issue 187 of The Dark Side, the world's leading print horror magazine.
Most recently Emma has completed short film segment "Goryō" for Nicolai Kornum's topical horror anthology "The Isolation Horrors" (2020). She is also a contributing writer for We Belong Dead magazine, with column "Emma Dark's Dark Corner". Her third festival film is in pre-production.
Deeply passionate about film and creativity, Emma made an initial foray into genre filmmaking in 2014 with fun horror short "Island of the Blind Dead" (2015), before embarking on her first first self-produced and directed festival short film - horror/action "Seize the Night" (2015), featuring Anthony Ilott (Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort), with fight choreography by Roy Scammell (Alien, A Clockwork Orange). Her work on "Seize the Night" went on to win Emma the "Rising Star" award at Northern Ireland's Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival in 2015, and the "Outstanding Female Filmmaker" award from Stormy Weather Horror Fest in 2017. The film garnered reviews from a multitude of genre websites including Dread Central and Starburst, a three page print review and front page mention in UK horror magazine Scream, as well as a news article on AMC's Horror Channel website.
Emma's second festival short film, sci-fi/horror "Salient Minus Ten" (2017), received a glitzy world premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square, London as part of the British Horror Film Festival in 2017. The film went on to play festivals across the world, winning Emma a Starburst Magazine MediaCity Film Festival 2018 "Best Director" award, the Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival 2018 "Albert Pyun Inspiration Award", and the "Best Editing" award from Stormy Weather Horror Fest 2019. The film stars "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" actor Alan Austen in the lead role, with cinematography from internationally renowned DoP Philip Bloom.
A strong advocator of raising awareness of women in film, 2016 saw Emma grace the front cover of issue 39 of independent filmmaking magazine Digital FilmMaker Magazine, heading an article charting the rise of female filmmakers. Emma later went on to helm the magazine's monthly "Ask the Filmmaker" section in 2017, answering readers film production questions as the resident expert. In 2018 Emma spoke on stage at PR Week and Campaign Magazine's Brand Film Festival (London) as part of a women in film discussion panel focusing on female leaders in the film industry, hosted by journalist Miranda Sawyer.
Front of camera, some of Emma's acting achievements include playing the lead role of Lexi in Martin Daniels' "House of Lexi" (2019), starring in "Frankula" (2017) alongside Hammer Horror scream queens Caroline Munro and Judy Matheson, and featuring in music video "B.E.F. Feat. Kim Wilde: Every Time I See You I Go Wild" (2013).
Following the success of both Emma's films and acting roles she has appeared as a celebrity autograph guest at a number of conventions across the UK, including Birmingham's MCM Comic Con and Sheffield's HorrorCon UK, and has judged at a variety of film festivals. No stranger to publicity, Emma has been featured in various interviews, radio shows and magazine articles, including a five page interview in issue 187 of The Dark Side, the world's leading print horror magazine.
Most recently Emma has completed short film segment "Goryō" for Nicolai Kornum's topical horror anthology "The Isolation Horrors" (2020). She is also a contributing writer for We Belong Dead magazine, with column "Emma Dark's Dark Corner". Her third festival film is in pre-production.