Emma Elizabeth Tillman
| Emma Elizabeth Tillman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emma Elizabeth Garr |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | UCLA, UCSB |
| 💼 Occupation | Film Director, Photographer, Film Producer |
| 📆 Years active | 2013-present |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Josh Tillman |
| Twitter= | |
Emma Elizabeth Tillman[edit]
Emma Elizabeth Tillman (nee Garr) is an American photographer, film director, and screenwriter. She is known as the wife of the singer-songwriter Josh Tillman. In 2013 Emma Tillman released her first short film titled A History of Caves.
Early life and Education[edit]
Tillman was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California.[1] In her childhood she would often dictate stories to her mother, leading her to become interested in becoming a novelist after college.[1]
Her education includes an undergraduate degree in literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MFA in film from University of California, Los Angeles where she remembers admiring the work of Francis Ford Coppola and Alex Cox.[1] Soon after her time at UCSB she decided to apply to film school as she had been practicing photography for some time. She got into the film school at UCLA having never made a film but got in "mostly on the strength of [her] writing" according to Tillman.[1]
Career[edit]
In 2013, Tillman released her first first short film entitled A History of Caves with the help of cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt and her husband Josh Tillman, who made the soundtrack.[1][2] The film is about a promiscuous father dealing with the death of his wife and his children who attempt to have him to theirselves through the practice of magic.
Tillman worked as a producer on Jonathon King's 2013 short film Real Violence.[1]
Tillman has co-directed and directed music videos for two of her husband's songs, the former being "Chateau Lobby" (which was co-directed by her husband) and the latter being "God's Favorite Customer" (off Josh Tillman's album of the same name).[1] The video for "God's Favorite Customer" was directed as one long take with only one hidden cut and features Josh Tillman roaming the streets of New York in the early morning.
In 2017 Emma Tillman released her first book of photographs featuring photos from her personal life spanning the 10 years between 2007 and 2016.[3] Each photograph features a fragment from her personal diary.[4] It begins with a creatively formative trip she took to France and ends with her many photos documenting the time spent with her husband, among other things.
As of 2018 she is working on a short film titled The Wheel and has several scripts for feature films that she hopes to be able to begin shooting someday.[1]
Style and Themes[edit]
Tillman's photography has heavily featured her personal life and "the beauty of the mundane".[5] Her photography draws comparisons to photographers such as William Eagleton, Nan Goldin, and Stephen Shore for their ability to capture "the colours and smells and feel of people’s personal and private lives in the vast spaces outside the conurbations we are familiar with from popular culture".[5]
Themes featured in Tillman's film A History of Caves are "family, death, neglect, affection, recklessness", and magic. Tillman has said that the title is in reference to the "cavernous heart" and that which is "unknowable" about it.[1]
Personal Life[edit]
Emma Tillman married singer-songwriter Josh Tillman in 2013 in Big Sur, California.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | |||
| 2013 | A History of Caves | yes | yes | yes | Short Film |
| 2013 | Real Violence | yes | Short Film | ||
| 2018 | The Wheel | yes | yes | yes | Short Film |
Bibliography[edit]
Frattaruolo, Marco, and Edoardo Genzolini. “Emma Elizabeth Tillman's Photography: an Amazing Interview.” C41 Magazine, C41 Magazine, 15 Oct. 2018, www.c41magazine.it/emma-tillman-interview/.
Jacobson, Seth. “Emma Elizabeth Tillman's Hunt for Beauty in the Banality of Everyday Life.” The National, The National, 14 Aug. 2017, www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/emma-elizabeth-tillman-s-hunt-for-beauty-in-the-banality-of-everyday-life-1.619675.
Schatz, Lake. “Album Review: Josh Tillman (AKA Father John Misty) – The History of Caves.” Consequence of Sound, Consequence of Sound, 16 Jan. 2014, consequenceofsound.net/2013/12/album-review-josh-tillman-the-history-of-caves/.
West, Aaron. “A Conversation with Emma Tillman”. Criterion Now. Podcast audio, September 27,2018. https://criterioncast.com/podcast/criterion-now/criterion-now-episode-68-a-conversation-with-emma-tillman
Xu, Linda. “Alumna's Photographs Uncover Intimacy, Hidden Stories behind Locations.” Daily Bruin, 1 Oct. 2018, dailybruin.com/2018/10/01/alumnas-photographs-uncover-intimacy-hidden-stories-behind-locations/.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 West, Aaron (2018-09-22). "Criterion Now - Episode 68 - A Conversation with Emma Tillman". CriterionCast. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ↑ "Album Review: Josh Tillman (AKA Father John Misty) – The History of Caves". Consequence of Sound. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ↑ "Alumna's photographs uncover intimacy, hidden stories behind locations". dailybruin.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ↑ "Emma Elizabeth Tillman's photography: an amazing interview - C41 Magazine". C41 Magazine. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Emma Elizabeth Tillman's hunt for beauty in the banality of everyday life". The National. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
External Links[edit]
Emma Tillman on IMDb
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