Emma Freeman

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Emma Freeman
Alma materVictorian College of the Arts
OccupationsTelevision and film director
Years active2002–present
Known forThe Newsreader
AwardsTropfest, 2002
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Television, 2010
AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy, 2021

Emma Freeman is an Australian director of television films and series. With her short film Lamb, in 2002 she was the first woman to win Tropfest. She has since directed many TV series, including Glitch, The Newsreader (2021–2025), and The Family Next Door (2025).

Early life and education

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Emma Freeman graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts.[1][2]

Career

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Early in her career Freeman worked with producer John Edwards.[3] In 2002 she wrote, produced and directed a seven-minute film, Lamb, starring Robert Menzies and Orpheus Pledger. Lamb won Sydney's Tropfest that year, with Freeman being the first woman director to win.[4][5]

In 2003 she directed Mittens for Tinderbox Films. Starring Sigrid Thornton, the film was shown at the 2003 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films and the 2004 London Australian Film Festival.[6]

Awards

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In 2002 Freeman was the first woman to win Tropfest, with her short film Lamb.[4]

In 2010 she won an AACTA Award for Best Direction in Television for Hawke.[7]

Freeman won the AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy in 2021 for episode 1 of The Newsreader[8] and again in 2024 for episode 4 of The Newsreader.[9][10]

Selected filmography

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Year Title Episodes Notes References
2002 Lamb Short film [5]
2003 Mittens Short film [6]
2005 Last Man Standing 3 Drama series (Seven Network) [11]
2007 Love My Way 3 Drama series (Showtime) [12]
2010 Hawke Telemovie (Network Ten) [13]
2011–2016 Offspring 18 Comedy/drama series (Network Ten)
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 2 Drama series (ABC)
2012–2014 Puberty Blues 6 Comedy/drama series (Network Ten)
2014 Party Tricks 3 Political drama/comedy series (Network 10)
2015–2019 Glitch 15 Science fiction series (ABC) [14][15][16]
2016 Secret City 6 Political thriller series (Fox Showcase)
2020 Stateless 3 Drama series (ABC)
2021–2025 The Newsreader 18 Drama series (ABC) [17]
2021 Clickbait 2 Drama series (Netflix) [18]
2021 Love Me 6 Drama series (Binge) [19]
2024 Interview with the Vampire 2 Drama series (AMC+); S2, eps 6 & 7 [20]
2025 The Family Next Door 6 Drama series (ABC)

References

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