Emma Debany

Emma is an award-winning director, writer, graphic designer, visual artist and occasional Japanese-food delivery driver based in LA (the award was second place in an ice-cream eating contest, but we’re no less proud.) She spent her formative years in the parking lot of a 24 hour Dunkin Donuts (a New England adolescent rite of passage), before becoming the street prank PA (a real job) and then Director’s Assistant on the Eric Andre Show. All the while, she was fine-tuning her own unique directing tone of voice; one that’s surreal, irreverent, darkly funny and deliciously uncomfortable. Emma aims to challenge what’s normal and what’s strange (and to have fun.) She’s gone on to direct for Adult Swim, Jack in a Box, Totinos, BetMGM, WWE and Mattel, enjoying significant festival runs and multiple Vimeo Staff picks along the way. One day, Emma dreams of owning a small town bagel shop in the woods (which would actually make it a small woods bagel shop. We support Emma regardless.)