Wikipedia Bio / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Emma Elizabeth Tillman is a director, writer, photographer, screenwriter and author who originally hails from Santa Barbara in California but not currently lives in Los Angeles.
- Creative and intelligent, Emma puts her heart into everything she does and that is well reflected in the quality of her work.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Emma grew up in Santa Barbara in California. As a child, she loved to tell her mother different stories that she thought off and that later motivated to venture into novel writing.
- She is married to American musician, producer and song writer, Joshua Michael Tillman who is know professionally as Father John Misty.
- The couple met in 2011 at Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon Country Store. They tied the knot in Big Sur and lived in New Orleans in Louisiana for a while before moving back to Los Angeles in California.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- She graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Writing and Literature from the University of California’s College of Creative Studies in Santa Barbara.
- Tillman went on to graduate from the School of Film, Theatre and Television at UCLA with a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Film Directing. She was top of her graduate class.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- After college, she worked on a shortfall called ‘A History of Caves’ which was released in 2013. She partnered with a cinematographer named Christopher Blauvelt as well as her husband Joshua. Joshua was responsible for the film’s soundtrack.
- She has also written, directed and produced other films that include 2012’s ‘Over/Under,’ 2013’s ‘Real Violence’ and 2018’s The Wheel.
- Emma is also a diarist and professional photographer who has had residencies in Tuscany, Italy and Mexico City.
- In 2017, she had a solo exhibition at Whitechapel in London.
- She also had two group exhibitions in 2012 at Gallery 533 in Los Angeles and in 2014 at 5672 York also in Los Angeles.
- Her work has been published and reviewed in several high-profile publications that include the likes of Autre Magazine, AnOther Magazine, Violet Book Magazine, So It Goes Magazine and The Guardian.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- As an author, she recently published a book-diary titled ‘Born with a Disco Ball Soul.’ The book contained a collection of her personal diary posts and photographs from 2008 to 2016.
- When asked to describe her inspiration behind her book, she described wanting to share her emotions behind a lot of personal photographs with her readers. Each photograph was accompanied by a diary entry that describe the emotion and feeling behind it.
- In addition to exhibiting her work publicly in galleries and sharing some of her work through her book, Tillman also loves to share her photography on social media. She currently has a creative and professional-looking Instagram page that boasts over 23 000 followers who are avid fans and admirers of her work.