Emily Yoshida
Emily Yoshida is a writer and director from UCLA. Her first TV show was Shogun, and in 2025 she and the writing staff won Writers Guild Awards for Drama Series and for New Series. She directed Speedy Ortiz’s music video for Lucky 88 and wrote and directed a short film starring Mitski. Earlier in her career she wrote for Vulture and New York magazine, and her work has appeared in The New York Times and Slate. She lists Wong Kar-wai, Alfonso Cuarón, and Star Trek: The Next Generation as influences. Yoshida also co-hosted the podcasts Night Call and Grantland’s Girls in Hoodies, and she had a small acting part as a podcaster on the TV series Poker Face.
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