Creator/Director, Tektite

Emily Everhard is a queer filmmaker who tells stories about femme underdogs and outsiders. Emily was a 2024 Sundance x Sloan Episodic Fellow & Enderby Entertainment Filmmaking Fellow. Her films have played & won both audience and jury awards at festivals including Aspen ShortsFest, Palm Springs ShortFest, Austin Film Festival, SeriesFest and more. Emily studied History at Dartmouth College and worked in documentary film before earning her MFA from Columbia University. Now, Emily pulls from her doc-fieldwork and under-appreciated historical moments to craft unique narratives set within subcultures and niche communities. For “fun,” Emily is training for her first marathon.