Emily Anderson: Real People Documentary

Let’s Get Ready — Carlos Tifa Jr.
A pro-bono film. Written, produced and directed by me — Client: Let’s Get Ready.
Coming up in the Bronx Projects, Carlos didn’t get the easiest start in life, but his grandma told him education would be his key to life.

Walgreens — Back To School
I remote-directed a series of spots featuring hilarious kids talking about how much their parents suck at homeschooling them. —Directed and production design by me.

Corteva — Ripe For Renewal
This is one of a series of films I made for Corteva about the state of farming around the world. All films written, produced, and directed by me.
An unlikely coalition of orchardists, artists, and entrepreneurs is turning around the fortunes of tiny Tieton, WA. Have they cracked the code for saving small towns and revitalizing rural areas?

Corteva — The Farm Next Door
This is one of a series of films I made for Corteva about the state of farming around the world. All films written, produced, and directed by me.
Meet Farmers Pee and Lovey. She hates bugs, he's trying to convince her to let him breed Alpacas. She sold used cars, he was a bouncer at the local church. They fell in love and together they started an urban farm in downtown Atlanta, where they provide an underserved community with fresh food.

Holiday Inn — Ariel's Story
Written & Directed by me — Music has the power to transform lives. After an idyllic childhood in Hawaii, Ariel Owens and her sisters buy ukuleles to connect to their Hawaiian roots.

Philips — The Gift of Light
Written and directed by me. One of a series of foreign-language films I made for Philips, chronicling their innovation all over the world.
Thanh Son in Vietnam doesn’t have electricity, too few farming families live there to warrant the cost. It was dark and dangerous. Philips provided the community center and every household with solar panels to light up the remote village at night.

Philips — A Good Heart
Written and directed by me. One of a series of foreign-language films I made for Philips, chronicling their innovation all over the world.
This is a story about Tommaso, a little Italian boy, who had a hole in his heart and was saved by an incredible Cardiologist using imaging technology, rather than open-heart surgery.