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Screenwriter Emma Needell, A&S '12, returned to her family's Colorado ranch to film <em>Life Rendered</em>, her new film about a cowboy who uses virtual reality to explore his secret inner self.
- Joann Greco
Jun 13, 2022 · Premiering at Tribeca, Emma Needell’s short film Life Rendered tells the story of a closeted gay Colorado man who lives on a ranch, where he takes care of his aging cowboy father while seeking romance in the virtual world.
I'm Emma Needell, a storyteller with roots deep in the Colorado countryside, where the vast landscapes of my family's ranch ignited my imagination and my passion for cinema.
Emma Needell. Stormborn. Raised on a solar-powered cattle ranch. Filmmaker featured on Forbes 30 Under 30.
May 5, 2021 · Emma Needell’s script for The Water Man was featured on the 2015 Black List, but it was 2019 before the story gained the momentum to get made into a feature-length film. The story centers on a boy, hoping to save his sick mother, that ventures into a remote forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality.
Oct 3, 2022 · LIFE RENDERED, “an exploration of inner identity,” co-written and directed by Emma Needell premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Needell returned to her native Colorado to shoot this exploration of love in the modern age.
Jun 16, 2022 · LIFE RENDERED takes place in the near future, where Mark splits his time between rural Colorado and virtual reality. In rural Colorado, he is his disabled father's caretaker. In virtual reality, he finds romance. Emma Needell graduated from JHU in 2012 with a BA in Film and Media Studies.
