Em Wood
Independent Filmmaker
Biography
Em Wood is a commercial and narrative filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Originally from Boston, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Media and Theatre Arts, graduating summa cum laude from Merrimack College in 2023, and completed her Master of Arts in Communication in Spring 2024. She is drawn to character-driven narratives that explore the subtext of interpersonal communication and the complexity of human connection.
Her short film The Patient, which she wrote, directed, and produced during her junior year, won Best Film at Merrimack’s Just Be Weird Film Festival and was selected by several festivals nationally and internationally, including as a semi-finalist at the IndieX Film Fest in Los Angeles. In 2024, she participated in the New York City 48 Hour Film Project, where her team’s film The Dog Problem was nominated for Best Writing. It is now making the festival circuit and was most recently selected for the 2025 C-Show Film Festival in California.
Em is currently in post-production on Confiteor, a short film she wrote and directed which wrapped filming in October 2024. For her latest project, she is raising funds with co-producers Tony Russo and Drew Storcks for Cream & Coffee, a short film that delves into honesty, intimacy, and the blurred lines of a modern situationship on the verge of something real.
Films
The Patient (2022)
Role: Director
A man role-playing a simulated therapy patient at his university’s psych department begins to experience the symptoms he’s portraying.
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