Director

Emma Westenberg

Los Angeles, Netherlands / USA

Based in Los Angeles. Graduated the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and the Cooper Union School of Art in New York. Her graduation project 'Het stilleven van Estelle', which she wrote, directed, produced and art-directed, was selected for the student competition at the Dutch Film Festival. Early work included a first commercial for vpro Dorst with Dutch Design Week, a short for NTR Kort!, and music videos for Regal Degal and Anouk. Her Janelle Monáe video 'pynk' went viral at 16M+ views and earned Grammy and MTV VMA nominations. Directed Michelob Ultra's asmr Super Bowl liii spot with Zoe Kravitz. Feature debut 'Bleeding Love' premiered at SXSW 2023 starring Ewan McGregor and his daughter Clara, produced by Christine Vachon's Killer Films. Also directed episodes of 'Dollface' (Hulu), 'Little Voice' (Apple) and 'Long Slow Exhale' (Paramount/Charter). Work described as a confident mix of classic visual tropes with fashion and fine-art influences. Repped by Halal in the Netherlands and Epoch Films in the US, previously Partizan.