Emily Bridger is a writer, filmmaker and actor from St. John’s, Newfoundland. Her first film, Epilogue, which she wrote and directed, screened at various festivals across Canada.
Her second short film, Brad, premiered at LA Shorts Fest 2010. Her next short film, Kathy (produced by Shannon Hawes, directed by Mark O’Brien) premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival 2011 in Halifax. It screened at festivals across Canada, and also won best comedy at Lakeshorts Film Festival 2012.
In 2013, Emily wrote the film Sadie (produced by Deanne Foley, directed by Latonia Hartery), which screened at several festivals internationally, receiving two best short film awards in the process. Sadie was also broadcast on CBC and was available to watch on Air Canada flights as part of the enRoute Film Festival.
In So Many Words, a short film which Emily wrote and directed, premiered at Atlantic Film Festival 2016.
Emily is the recipient of the 2016 RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award (MJ Award). Through that award, Emily wrote and directed the short film, Waste It, which premiered at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival 2017. The MJ Award earned her a spot in the Women In the Director’s Chair Career Advancement Module.
In 2017, Emily teamed up with director Latonia Hartery once again to write a vignette for the six-part romantic comedy feature, Hopeless Romantic.
Emily’s first full feature film script, Little Orphans, was selected for the Whistler Film Festival Praxis Screenwriters Lab 2017 and for Telefilm’s Talent to Watch Program 2018. She also starred in the film which took home the Borsos Prize for Best Feature Film at the 2020 Whistler Film Festival.