EMILY SHESKIN
Director
Emily Sheskin is an award-winning film and commercial director who tells stories full of optimism and resilience, without glossing over life’s challenges. She takes great pride in seeing her short films featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, The Atlantic, and even pirated on TikTok (though she’d prefer credit).
Her first feature film, JessZilla, premiered in 2023 at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival where it was in competition. It went on to play at notable festivals around the world (IDFA, DOC NYC, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival) and won awards with Slamdance, Fargo Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival, Ridgefield Film Festival, and the Atlanta Film Festival. It was also selected alongside 18 other features as part of the 2025 American Film Showcase. You can learn more at the film’s website.
She holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is a member of New York Women in Film & Television, Film Fatales, and IFP. She is currently 1/2 of the duo behind Chicken Wing Pictures. Feel free to say hi at emily@chickenwingpictures.com.