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Emily May Jampel

Emily May Jampel is a director, writer, and actress from Honolulu based in Brooklyn. Her films have screened at festivals including Palm Springs, Aspen ShortsFest, and Hawaiʻi International Film Festival. Her short Lucky Fish went viral on TikTok after premiering on NOWNESS Asia. She previously worked as Development Executive at The Department of Motion Pictures and served as creative consultant …

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Invasive Species

Invasive Species · 2023

Invasive Species

MovieDramaHorror

A young Asian American sound artist confronts feelings of imposter syndrome at her first ever artist's residency.

Clean Slate

Clean Slate · 2025

Two Asian nonbinary best friends and actors must make some sacrifices when they go up for the same breakout role.

Mānoa Valley

Mānoa Valley · 2024

Two friends living in Mānoa Valley spend a summer day together before one of them moves to New York City.

Human Theories

Human Theories · 2026

Through forty interconnected vignettes, Human Theories is a comedic kaleidoscope exploring how people try, and often fail, to connect with one another in this weird world. Filmed over a year on location in New York City with a diverse ensemble cast of over 50 actors and non-actors, the film is an experimental love letter to the awkward struggle of modern city living.

Wake

A nuanced story of friendship, forbidden love and self-awareness in the face of grief.

Last Night

Last Night · 2024

Confronted by her boyfriend's insecurities about their relationship, Claire is forced to come to terms with the realities that took place the night prior.

Minseo

MovieDocumentary

A young Korean American model juggles working in a restrictive fashion industry and hoping to be acknowledged for who they truly are.

Blackberry Jam

Blackberry Jam · 2019

Two high school girls hope to go to prom together when they meet resistance from their school.

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Invasive Species

Invasive Species · 2023

Invasive Species

MovieDramaHorror

A young Asian American sound artist confronts feelings of imposter syndrome at her first ever artist's residency.

Clean Slate

Clean Slate · 2025

Two Asian nonbinary best friends and actors must make some sacrifices when they go up for the same breakout role.

Director

Mānoa Valley

Mānoa Valley · 2024

Two friends living in Mānoa Valley spend a summer day together before one of them moves to New York City.

Director

Human Theories

Human Theories · 2026

Through forty interconnected vignettes, Human Theories is a comedic kaleidoscope exploring how people try, and often fail, to connect with one another in this weird world. Filmed over a year on location in New York City with a diverse ensemble cast of over 50 actors and non-actors, the film is an experimental love letter to the awkward struggle of modern city living.

Wake

A nuanced story of friendship, forbidden love and self-awareness in the face of grief.

Dora

Last Night

Last Night · 2024

Confronted by her boyfriend's insecurities about their relationship, Claire is forced to come to terms with the realities that took place the night prior.

Leo

Minseo

MovieDocumentary

A young Korean American model juggles working in a restrictive fashion industry and hoping to be acknowledged for who they truly are.

Director

Blackberry Jam

Blackberry Jam · 2019

Two high school girls hope to go to prom together when they meet resistance from their school.

Mayumi

Nervous Energy

Nervous Energy · 2025

MovieDramaComedy

On the cusp of success/failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends, and for once, make a bold decision with their lives.

Moderator

Wes and Kyra

Wes and Kyra · 2025

MovieDramaHorror

Wes and Kyra is a story about a vampire couple in New York City who rent a room for three days to drown out their addiction, face the toxicity in their relationship, and grapple with the idea of death as it circles all around them.

Casting Consultant

Lucky Fish

Lucky Fish · 2022

MovieDramaRomance

Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.

Director

Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice · 2022

Summer Solstice

Trans man Leo's idyllic summer housesitting gig veers off course when his straight, cisgender friend Eleanor shows up for a weekend. These two friends come to realize that their once natural and easy sense of connection is now more tenuous than they'd like to believe.

Assistant Director

Huli

After a boxer relocates from New York to Hawai'i, a friendship with his coach expands his awareness of ancestral connection, purpose, and power. Created on the island of O'ahu Hawai'i.

Associate Producer