Emily Hagins

Emily Hagins wrote and directed her first feature at the age of 12 in her hometown of Austin, TX – a zombie movie, PATHOGEN. The documentary ZOMBIE GIRL, THE MOVIE chronicled her process from start to finish. In 2022, PATHOGEN was re-released by the American Genre Film Archive and Bleeding Skull. At 17, she wrote and directed MY SUCKY TEEN ROMANCE (SXSW 2011, Dark Sky Films). Her subsequent features are GROW UP, TONY PHILLIPS (SXSW 2013), and an adaptation of a young adult teen heist novel, COIN HEIST (Netflix Original Film).

She wrote/directed segments in two horror anthologies: TOUCH for Chiller TV's CHILLING VISIONS: 5 SENSES OF FEAR, and COLD OPEN for Shudder’s SCARE PACKAGE . She also completed the six-episode digital series HOLD TO YOUR BEST SELF (SXSW 2018) and the horror short FIRST KISS for Snapchat’s V/H/S series (SXSW 2019). Her most recent feature is SORRY ABOUT THE DEMON (Shudder Original Film, 2023). She is on the Filmmaker Advisory Committee for Austin Film Society.