About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1992-12-15
Place of birth:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Emily Kassie

Overview

Emily Kassie (born 15 December 1992; Toronto) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist, and cinematographer. Her debut feature documentary Sugarcane premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award.

In 2016, Kassie won the World Press Photo award for multimedia on the cover up of DuPont's chemical spill in West Virginia and was also named one of NPPA's 2016 multimedia portfolios of the year for her work on radicalization of ISIS operatives and corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2017 she won an Overseas Press Club Award, a National Magazine Award and the ASNE's Punch Sulzberger award for her work reporting on the profiteers of the refugee crisis, in Niger, Turkey, Italy and Germany.

In 2019, she won the World Press Photo award and was nominated for an Emmy for her New York Times documentary on sexual abuse in immigrant detention. In 2020, she won a National Magazine Award for her immersive documentary on immigrant detention and was nominated for a Peabody Award.She was named to Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020. In 2021, she was nominated for an Emmy for a Frontline documentary on undocumented immigrants in the pandemic.

She was part of the PBS NewsHour team to win the Overseas Press Club award for a series on the fall of Afghanistan in 2021.

She served as director, producer and cinematographer of Sugarcane with co-director Julian Brave NoiseCat. The film won the Grand Jury Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Known for

Acting
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Actor Winifred Hailey 74
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Directing
2024 Sugarcane Directing Director 59
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2020 Detained Directing Director N/A
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2020 Anatomy of Hate Directing Director N/A
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2020 Undocumented in the Pandemic Directing Director N/A
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2018 A Girl Named C Directing Director N/A
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2018 Banished Directing Director N/A
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2018 I Just Simply Did What He Wanted Directing Director N/A
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2017 Into the Deluge Directing Director N/A
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2014 I Married My Family's Killer Directing Director N/A
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2014 Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow Directing Director N/A
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2014 Break Kids Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Sugarcane Writing Writer 59
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2020 Undocumented in the Pandemic Writing Writer N/A
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2014 I Married My Family's Killer Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Break Kids Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2024 Sugarcane Production Producer 59
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2020 Anatomy of Hate Production Producer N/A
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2020 Undocumented in the Pandemic Production Producer N/A
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2018 A Girl Named C Production Producer N/A
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2018 I Just Simply Did What He Wanted Production Producer N/A
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2017 Into the Deluge Production Producer N/A
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2014 I Married My Family's Killer Production Producer N/A
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2014 Break Kids Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2024 Sugarcane Camera Director of Photography 59
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2020 Anatomy of Hate Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2020 Undocumented in the Pandemic Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2018 I Just Simply Did What He Wanted Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2014 I Married My Family's Killer Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2014 Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2014 Break Kids Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2020 Undocumented in the Pandemic Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2018 I Just Simply Did What He Wanted Editing Editor N/A
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2014 Break Kids Editing Editor N/A
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