Directing

Em Li

Born October 4, 2001 · London, England (age 24)

Em Li is a BAFTA-Qualifying writer, director and performer based in London. Drawing from a multi-disciplinary background in theatre, magic, music and more, their imaginative tales often follow drifters and dreamers on the fringes of society, with a reverence towards nature, a penchant for magical realism and a restless theatricality. In 2019, she co-founded production collective “Big Tent Films”…

Known For

Early Works

Early Works · 2020

A teenage girl forgets to do her English homework, and hands in a plagiarized poem. Her lie spins out of control and propels her to a national stage at the London Children's Poetry Awards - but will she get found out?

Rabbits N' Ruses

Rabbits N' Ruses · 2021

Rabbits N' Ruses

MovieAdventureComedy

An urban fairytale through the streets of London. Facing treacherous tasks and riddling rabbits, a girl must find the missing pieces of a five pound note. In a cashless society, will her story be accepted?

Heart Breaker

Heart Breaker · 2022

MovieHorrorComedy

Heartbroken Eric puts on a tune and attends to some business in his basement

Twenty Dollars

Twenty Dollars · 2025

Two strangers meet on a night out in London. After sharing a strong connection, their time together takes a disconcerting turn.

Spokes & Robbers

Spokes & Robbers · 2024

Spokes & Robbers

MovieAdventureDrama

Runaway sisters Isabel and Violet drift, grift and shoplift in the hopes of skipping town. But an ironic twist of fate on the eve of their great escape sees them stranded in the marshes, where they reckon with their relationship, futures and places in the world

backspace

backspace · 2021

MovieComedyRomance

Ed, an aspiring screenwriter attempts to write the first scene of an ambitious romance film, but when he finds himself out of ideas, he must turn to the real world for inspiration.

Groundswell

Groundswell · 2023

MovieScience FictionDrama

As an asteroid hurtles towards the earth, two friends journey through the forest in search of a mythical safe haven to escape the impending apocalypse. But is Groundswell truly their salvation or just a fairytale?

Maelström

Maelström · 2025

On their fortieth anniversary, a troubled woman recounts a recent nightmare she had to her husband.

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Early Works

Early Works · 2020

A teenage girl forgets to do her English homework, and hands in a plagiarized poem. Her lie spins out of control and propels her to a national stage at the London Children's Poetry Awards - but will she get found out?

Producer

Rabbits N' Ruses

Rabbits N' Ruses · 2021

Rabbits N' Ruses

MovieAdventureComedy

An urban fairytale through the streets of London. Facing treacherous tasks and riddling rabbits, a girl must find the missing pieces of a five pound note. In a cashless society, will her story be accepted?

Writer

Heart Breaker

Heart Breaker · 2022

MovieHorrorComedy

Heartbroken Eric puts on a tune and attends to some business in his basement

Producer

Twenty Dollars

Twenty Dollars · 2025

Two strangers meet on a night out in London. After sharing a strong connection, their time together takes a disconcerting turn.

Spokes & Robbers

Spokes & Robbers · 2024

Spokes & Robbers

MovieAdventureDrama

Runaway sisters Isabel and Violet drift, grift and shoplift in the hopes of skipping town. But an ironic twist of fate on the eve of their great escape sees them stranded in the marshes, where they reckon with their relationship, futures and places in the world

Director of Photography

backspace

backspace · 2021

MovieComedyRomance

Ed, an aspiring screenwriter attempts to write the first scene of an ambitious romance film, but when he finds himself out of ideas, he must turn to the real world for inspiration.

Producer

Groundswell

Groundswell · 2023

MovieScience FictionDrama

As an asteroid hurtles towards the earth, two friends journey through the forest in search of a mythical safe haven to escape the impending apocalypse. But is Groundswell truly their salvation or just a fairytale?

Director

Maelström

Maelström · 2025

On their fortieth anniversary, a troubled woman recounts a recent nightmare she had to her husband.

First Assistant Camera

Jo and Jade

Jo and Jade · 2020

MovieRomanceComedy

Jo and Jade are two very different teenagers who end up together by a stroke of luck. But as their relationship begins to spiral, Jo invites Jade round for dinner in a last-ditch effort to win her over.

Producer

Polymorphia

Polymorphia · 2024

After an accident leaves his face entirely bandaged, a neurotic office worker undergoes an identity crisis.

Assistant Camera

Letter to You

Letter to You · 2022

Sheltered in her own world of music and carefreeness, a curious young girl fights against a mysterious melancholia as she whizzes on her roller-skates around the most colourful London.

Colorist

MUSIC FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

MUSIC FOR THE END OF THE WORLD · 2021

MUSIC FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

MovieComedyMusic

Would the apocalypse really be all that bad? Teenage Freddie certainly doesn't think so, as he boogies his troubles away on a gorgeous sunny hill...

Producer

Have You Seen Buster?

Have You Seen Buster? · 2019

Have You Seen Buster?

MovieComedyAdventure

Spirited, determined 12-year-old Jacob embarks on a search for missing dog Buster, encountering wacky townsfolk along the way. A frenetic, fun and energetic comedy with an unexpectedly heartfelt ending.

Editor

Wheels of Fortune

Wheels of Fortune

Wheels of Fortune

MovieComedyDrama

An ageist sales manager reluctantly takes over his dismissive father's mobility scooter business. He wants to create a fancy new advert for the store but his father wants to stick to what he knows.

Assistant Camera

Fortune Favours the Fantabulous

Fortune Favours the Fantabulous · 2023

Fortune Favours the Fantabulous

MovieFantasyDrama

Eccentric, non-binary fortune teller Fei Liu's way of life is threatened when figures and phantoms of present and past visit their tent and plague their subconscious, throwing their own future - and grip on reality - into turmoil.

Writer

Pulp by Rind

Pulp by Rind · 2022

After Roman’s mother survives a life-threatening illness, he must fight to become her one true love again.

Color Grading

Dream of Now

Dream of Now · 2021

MovieFantasyAdventure

The Chaser navigates the hostile and surreal world of a recurring nightmare in pursuit of happiness, encountering shifting landscapes and confronting strange entities.

Editor

CMAT (and the Very Sexy CMAT Band) - Live at Barrowland Ballroom

CMAT (and the Very Sexy CMAT Band) - Live at Barrowland Ballroom · 2024

CMAT (and the Very Sexy CMAT Band) - Live at Barrowland Ballroom

MovieMusicDocumentary

The first ever full-length live concert movie of CMAT and The Very Sexy CMAT Band performing in Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on the 24th of November 2023. An Irish-Country-Rock-And-Roll Band having a gay old time.

Camera Operator

Milk Before Cereal

Milk Before Cereal · 2020

Milk Before Cereal

MovieComedyAction

What kind of monster would desecrate a bowl of Kellogg’s Cornflakes like this??

Grip

Allotment

Allotment · 2022

Years after their separation, Marianne accompanies Joe at his allotment. Together, they talk navigating through their lives, their love and the loss of their daughter.

Color Grading