Emily Hagins (FIRST KISS)

Emily Hagins

Emily Hagins has written and directed five feature films by the age of 25. Her most notable projects include Pathogen (chronicled in the documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie), My Sucky Teen Romance (SXSW 2011), Grow Up, Tony Phillips (SXSW 2013), and Coin Heist (Netflix Original Film). She also wrote and directed the segment "Touch" in ChillerTV's horror anthology Chilling Visions: The Five Senses of Fear. She also completed the 6-part digital series Hold to Your Best Self (SXSW 2018), produced by Adaptive Studios. Most recently she made a short for Snapchat, "First Kiss," out of this year’s SXSW.

Watch "First Kiss" here (PW: firstkiss)!