Emily Bennett

Emily Bennett

DirectorWriterActress
Awards
3 wins, 9 nominations

Writer/Director Emily Bennett is an Academy recognized screenwriter and award-winning director. Her films Blood Shine, Alone With You, Accidental Stars, LVRS and Bed have screened at festivals such as Sitges, FrightFest, Fantastic Fest, Brooklyn Horror, Telluride Horror, Film Quest, BIFAN, Salem…

Biography

Writer/Director Emily Bennett is an Academy recognized screenwriter and award-winning director. Her films Blood Shine, Alone With You, Accidental Stars, LVRS and Bed have screened at festivals such as Sitges, FrightFest, Fantastic Fest, Brooklyn Horror, Telluride Horror, Film Quest, BIFAN, Salem Horror and Fantasia. Her screenplay ACHE placed quarter finalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship (2020).

Her debut feature Alone With You premiered at Fantastic Fest and won a 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Award. The film was produced by Andrew Corkin and actor Theo James (Martha Marcy May Marlene, We Are What We Are).

Her second horror/thriller feature Blood Shine explores the tension between the psychosexual profane and the religious sublime. The film was produced by Alexander Schepsman (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Bluebird) and played in competition at the 2025 Sitges Film Festival in Spain, the world's largest horror film festival. Bennett is represented by Antonio D'Intino at Spectrevision.

Casting Director

LVRSLVRS(2018)
Chat RoomChat Room(2016)
Sending...Sending...(2013)

Casting Department

NyctophobiaNyctophobia(2014)

Thanks

Forgive UsForgive Us(2021)

Soundtrack

The ThawThe Thaw(2023)

Self

2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards(2023)as Self - Winner
Dead Talk LiveDead Talk Live(2020)as Self - Guest

Known for

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Madeleine Charmaine Morrell, Aaron B. Koontz, David Call, Justin Brooks, Alexander Schepsman, Zeus Kontoyannis, and Emily Bennett in Blood Shine (2025)Emily BennettAndrew Corkin, Justin Brooks, and Emily Bennett in Alone with You (2021)Emily BennettSitges Film FestivalCity on a Hill

Credit Score: Emily Bennett

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Carol Wallace
Tue Jun 07 2022 – Sun Sep 25 2022
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1City on a Hill5.0020197.60017091
2Blood Shine4.8820257.20038
3Alone with You2.6020224.800763
4Shelby Oaks2.3820255.30013473