Emily Troedson is a writer-director based in Los Angeles, CA, and originally from Minnesota where she taught English and mythology, while filming on the weekends to make her debut feature film, Blue Balloons. The film premiered at the Twin Cities Film Fest, won the Women in Film Award from the CARE Film Festival, and the script was a Quarterfinalist for the Act One Screenplay Competition. She self-distributed

her film on Amazon Prime and Kinema.​

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Her short film, The Dark Days of Cassidy Krystian, based on her feature script of the same name, stars Cara Jade Myers, and recently completed post-production. The feature script was selected for the 2024 Stowe Story Santa Fe Writers' Retreat and the 2023 Stowe Story Producers' Lab. The script was a Quarterfinalist for The Writers Lab, a Finalist for the Mystic Film Festival, and won Best Unproduced Script

at the Toronto Int’l Women's Film Festival.

 

Her dark comedy short film, Rage Rhonda, about loss, meditation, and toxic work culture, is currently enjoying a successful festival run, playing at over 13 festivals and winning multiple awards, including Best Short Comedy and Outstanding Performance.

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In addition to writing and directing, she is a PGA Producer with extensive physical production experience. ​She produced the short film, Cult, directed by Wei-Ling Chang, the mobile series, Trevor and the Virgin 2, for Hooked and Snapchat, and she was Production Supervisor for two Peanuts specials directed by Clay Kaytis. 

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Emily founded the company, Goat Song Films. The name originates from Greek tragedy when a choral dance was performed around a goat in honor of Dionysus, the god of harvest, wine, theater, and religious ecstasy. The ethos behind the goat-song—passion, renewal, growth—is what inspires her work.