Emily Lerer
Directing
Biography
Directors Guild of Canada award-nominated director, and award-winning writer raised in the midwest. Her work explores the messiness of humanity and seeks to elevate under-represented characters. She is a two time audience award winner for "T-Minus", her trans-abortion-road-trip film (Out On Film, Newfest). Her films have screened at Fantasia, AMC, and Laemmle. Emily’s TV work includes: "Shameless" (Showtime), "Twenties" (BET), and "Pretty Little Liars-Original Sin" (HBO). She is a proud alumna of the Sundance Directing TV Intensive, AWD Directing the Actors Lab, and AFI Directing course. She is a member of Array Crew, The Television Academy and the Producers Guild of America.
Known For
An impulsive millennial mensch who gets possessed by the spirit of his dead Yiddish grandma.
Omi
The day before her wedding, Judy, a self-proclaimed "Jew-ish" woman, tastes a piece of Jewish apple cake and is catapulted back in time to the day before her dreaded bat mitzvah in a reverse 13 Going on 30 Jewish nightmare.
Judy-ism
In a dystopian world where the only thing that matters is your "likeability", how far would you go to protect the future of the ones you love? Perhaps a guest spot at a high ratings TV show? What could go wrong… Welcome to the Cupcake Factory!
Carly
After a one night stand, trans mechanic Andrew is pregnant. Without friends, family, or abortion access in his home state of Ohio, Andrew must enlist the help of his hookup, a drag queen named Lex, to accompany him to his appointment at Planned Parenthood in Detroit. As they trek through the Midwest, Andrew finds love and self-acceptance in unexpected places, and learns the importance of chosen family.
T-Minus
A bartender powers through her job while recovering from a recent precancerous cervical surgery, blood and memories oozing as she chit-chats with customers over another beer-soaked shift.