Emily Yoshida is a writer and director. Her first television show was Shogun, for which she and the rest of the writing staff won the Writers Guild Awards for Drama Series and New Series in 2025. She also directed the music video for Speedy Ortiz's song Lucky 88, and wrote and directed a short film starring Mitski. She was previously a writer for Vulture and New York magazine, and was published in The New York Times and Slate. As influences, she has cited Wong Kar-wai, Alfonso Cuarón, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In addition to writing and directing, Yoshida co-hosted the podcasts Night Call and Grantlands Girls in Hoodies, and had a cameo acting appearance as a podcaster on the television series Poker Face. She is a supervising producer on the forthcoming Netflix series Kennedy.
FilmographyFilm Year Title Writer Director2017SITTING2018Lucky 88Television' Year Title Writer Director2024Shogun
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Work Result 2025Writers Guild of America AwardsDrama SeriesShogun2025Writers Guild of America AwardsNew SeriesShogun
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