Emmanuelle Schick

Born in the south of France to a Spanish mother and a Canadian father. At the age of three her family moved to Vancouver, Canada. At eighteen she earned a swimming scholarship to UCLA where she received her B.A. in Art History. Following her undergraduate studies, she was accepted into UCLA's Graduate School of Film and Television, earning a M.F.A. in directing/film production. She has been awarded the Motion Picture Association of America Award and the Mary Pickford Award for Excellence in documentary filmmaking. Her thesis film "La Petite Morte" won three film festival awards.