Emma Hough Hobbs

Emma Hough Hobbs

Emma Hough Hobbs (BCreatArts(DigitalMedia) 2018) is a queer artist and film graduate from Flinders University, receiving the Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation 2017.

She’s an emerging designer, animator and filmmaker who is a vibrant and passionate member of the SA film industry. Emma was awarded Young Inspirational Filmmaker at the 2018 Fleurieu Film Festival.

Last year she was nominated twice for Best Production Design at the SASA Awards. She has worked on TV shows including Tim Minchin’s Foxtel series Upright and Anna Kokkinos’ SBS series The Hunting.

Her work as an animator has led to collaborations with Madeleine Parry (director of Hannah Gadsby’s Nannette) and inclusion in the international animation project Loop De Loop. Emma also wrote and directed the SASA nominated animated short Umi.

Launched in April this year, SA’s new Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship funds an experimental film project with production and in-kind support of $35,000 in partnership with Flinders University and Mercury CX.