In this episode, Manasi and Sualeha sit down with Emilie Sabath, a creative director and cinematic storyteller who has built impactful and award-winning entertainment and brand campaigns for clients such as Netflix, Amazon, Intel, Lays, Redbull, and National Geographic.

We open this episode by discussing how Emilie’s background as a Film Education Outreach Coordinator of the True/False Documentary Film Festival shaped her perspective on integrating film as an important aspect in revolutionizing the way that students learn. Emilie also speaks on how her graduate MFA in Film and Multimedia Performance at CalArts impacted the trajectory of her career as a creative director and cinematic storyteller.

We transition into the two major tracks Emilie built parallelly in her career— commercial work and artistic film practice, in which she describes her artistic film practice as one that “tells women’s tales" and discusses how she created films that intersect the dark poetry of the natural world with the dangerous complexities of white womanhood.

Emilie also shares her experience as an Entertainment Coordinator at Trailer Park and Creative Director of Brand, Entertainment, Audio & Video and expands on the production process of major collaborations with companies such as Lays and National Geographic. Before closing the episode, Emilie elaborates on her role at Netflix as the Creative Strategist of Series and the Product Creative Studio and her process for creating Netflix trailers for major shows such as Never Have I Ever, Emily in Paris, and Seinfeld.

Learn More:

https://www.emiliesabath.com/