{{Short description|American filmmaker}} {{Infobox person | name = Emily Hagins |image = Emily_Hagins.jpg |caption =Emily Hagins, 2008 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|10|27}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | years_active = 2002–present | spouse = }} '''Emily Hagins''' (born October 27, 1992) is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker.
==Biography== Emily Hagins made her first feature at the age of 12 in her hometown of Austin, Texas – a zombie movie called ''Pathogen''. The documentary ''Zombie Girl: The Movie'' chronicled her process from start to finish. Hagins made her second feature, ''The Retelling'', at the age of 14. At 17, she wrote and directed her third feature, ''My Sucky Teen Romance'', which film premiered at SXSW and was distributed by Dark Sky Films.
Her fourth feature, ''Grow Up, Tony Phillips'', also premiered at SXSW and was released on DVD/VOD in 2014. She also wrote and directed the segment "Touch" for Chiller's horror anthology ''Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear''. Her most recent feature film, a teen heist movie titled ''Coin Heist'', is based on a young adult novel of the same name and was released as a Netflix Original Film in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/coin-heists-emily-hagins-isnt-a-girl-director-shes-a-filmmaker-7866334|title=Coin Heist's Emily Hagins Isn't a "Girl Director" — She's a Filmmaker|last=Wolfe|first=April|date=2017-01-30|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref> She also completed the six-part digital series ''Hold to Your Best Self'' with Adaptive Studios, which premiered at SXSW 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enlow|first=Courtney|date=2018-09-14|title=Emily Hagins' journey from 12-year-old horror wunderkind to adult auteur|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/emily-hagins-journey-from-12-year-old-horror-wunderkind-to-adult-auteur|access-date=2020-08-27|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Pathogen'' (2006) *''The Retelling'' (2009) *''My Sucky Teen Romance'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Young Filmmaker Emily Hagins On Combining Comedy And Carnage For 'My Sucky Teen Romance'|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jason_Coleman/2012/09/03/interview_young_filmmaker_emily_hagins|publisher=StarPulse|accessdate=30 November 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063305/http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jason_Coleman/2012/09/03/interview_young_filmmaker_emily_hagins|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Emily Hagins' Unsucky Movie Career|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2010-08-06/emily-hagins-unsucky-movie-career/|publisher=Austin Chronicle|accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref> *''Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear'' (2013, "Touch" segment) *''Grow Up, Tony Phillips'' (2013) *''Coin Heist'' (2017) *''Hold To Your Best Self'' (2018, digital series)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Austin Filmmaker Emily Hagins Debuts Series at SXSW Film|language=en-US|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2018-03-09/austin-filmmaker-emily-hagins-debuts-series-at-sxsw-film/|access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref> *''V/H/S: Video Horror Shorts'' (2018, miniseries, episode "First Kiss") *''Scare Package'' (2019, "Cold Open" segment) *''Sorry About the Demon'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2023-01-06 |title='Sorry About the Demon' Trailer – Emily Hagins Returns With New Horror-Comedy This Month |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3746021/sorry-about-the-demon-trailer-emily-hagins-returns-with-new-horror-comedy-this-month/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|https://cheesynuggets.com/}} * {{IMDb name|2035204}}
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