Talent Guide

Emily McAllister

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Documentary Lab 2013

Bio

Emily McAllister is an independent filmmaker based in Brooklyn. She began working on Maidentrip shortly after graduating from Cornell University with a degree in Film and Economics. She started her career interning at the award-winning production company Part2 Pictures, where she worked on television documentaries for National Geographic, OWN and PBS. Currently, she is a freelancer on the post-production team at Pilot NYC, a full service creative agency in Manhattan. In her spare time, McAllister loves to make flipbooks and animated shorts.

Current Project

Maidentrip

Logline

An intimate coming-of-age adventure set against the epic backdrop of the open sea, Maidentrip explores life through the eyes of 14-year-old Laura Dekker on her quest to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.