Emma D. Miller is a documentary filmmaker and creative consultant, and the founder of Marcona Media. Her films have been supported by Sundance Institute, JustFilms | Ford Foundation, International Documentary Association, Field of Vision, Impact Partners, Anonymous Content, and The Gotham, among others, and screened at festivals including SXSW, Full Frame, Camden, Morelia, and First Look at the Museum of the Moving Image.
Emma recently directed the short documentary THE SCHOOL OF CANINE MASSAGE, which will premiere at SXSW 2024 and is represented by Ouat Media for worldwide sales. She produced Iliana Sosa’s debut nonfiction feature WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND, which won two Special Jury Awards at SXSW 2022 and screened at Full Frame, Camden, Morelia, and the Museum of the Moving Image. WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND was named a New York Times “Critic’s Pick,” nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary Feature, and released in select theaters and on Netflix by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing.
In her role as development executive for nonfiction at Concordia Studio, Emma worked on Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary projects that screened at Sundance, Berlinale, Tribeca, and Telluride, including TIME (Amazon), BOYS STATE (A24 / Apple TV+), HOMEROOM (Hulu), and PROCESSION (Netflix).
Emma served as the casting associate for the first season of the acclaimed Showtime series COUPLES THERAPY, and was associate producer of the Oscar-nominated short documentary KNIFE SKILLS, which was acquired by The New Yorker/Condé Nast Entertainment. She was also associate producer of the Sundance award-winning feature documentary UNREST, which was broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens and shortlisted for an Academy Award. Previously, she was programming manager at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, NC, where she oversaw all submissions to the international festival and managed the film selection process.
Emma was named one of DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40” in 2022 and is a 2023 Sundance Producing Lab Fellow. She is currently producing Elizabeth Lo’s MISTRESS DISPELLER; co-producing a feature for National Geographic Documentary Films; and developing her feature directorial debut, FATHER FIGURES. Her work attempts to forge new ways of seeing, connecting, and knowing through film.