Emma Watson Makes Her Directorial Debut With New Short Film
Emma Watson has made her directorial debut. The actress premiered her short film on Instagram earlier this week after teasing fans with a photo of herself behind the camera last month.
This new film focuses on Emma’s dear friend and painter, Emma Webster. As Emma stated in her caption for the video, “this is my love letter to you. As a woman I always found the idea of living alone terrifying… & when you told me you had been living in the garage above your studio to dedicate yourself to what you really wanted to do despite everyone’s ‘good and well intentioned advice’ – was when I knew I wanted to make my first tiny film about you. I just instantly wanted to try & capture who you were & the importance of your work. That’s what feels so beautiful about directing to me – you get to fall in love!
Thanks for being so cool Emma. Your work, writing & being inspires me so much. I feel so grateful to have friends like you that I just hope I can keep up with courage-wise. Thanks for being as excited as I was about cookie dough for lunch on the shoot day. And you rock that jumpsuit.”
Emma also discusses a bit about why she decided to delve into the directing world in her caption as well. She stated, “…filmmaking itself started by making love letters to my friends. Whether it was styling them, or producing photoshoots for their websites or headshots for their businesses – I loved helping out. Selfishly sometimes I also did it because I just wanted them to see all the beauty I saw in them that they never seemed to get.”
Congrats to Emma on her debut! Can’t wait to see what else she has in store for us in 2022.