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Emma Needell

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Gunner (Chavis) sets out on a quest to save his ill mother (Dawson) by searching for a mythic figure who possesses the secret to immortality, the Water Man. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local girl, Jo (Miller), they journey together into the remote Wild Horse forest -- but the deeper they venture, the stranger and more dangerous the forest becomes. Their only hope for rescue is Gunner's father (Oyelowo), who will stop at nothing to find them and in the process will discover who his son really is.
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The Water Man (2020)
Emma Needell is known for Tick Tock (2014), The Water Man (2020) and Life Rendered (2022).
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    • Known for

    Tick Tock (2014)
    Tick Tock
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2014
    Rosario Dawson, David Oyelowo, Amiah Miller, and Lonnie Chavis in The Water Man (2020)
    The Water Man
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 2020
    Life Rendered (2022)
    Life Rendered
    8.1
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2022
    Desert Noir (2013)
    Desert Noir
    Short
    • Writer(as Emily A. Needell)
    • 2013

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    Writer

    • Life Rendered (2022)
      Life Rendered
      8.1
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Rosario Dawson, David Oyelowo, Amiah Miller, and Lonnie Chavis in The Water Man (2020)
      The Water Man
      5.6
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Tick Tock (2014)
      Tick Tock
      Short
      • co-writer
      • 2014
    • Desert Noir (2013)
      Desert Noir
      Short
      • writer (as Emily A. Needell)
      • 2013

    Production Department

    • The Burn with Jeff Ross (2012)
      The Burn with Jeff Ross
      7.6
      TV Series
      • production staff
      • production assistant (as Emily Needell)
      • 2012–2013

    Director

    • Life Rendered (2022)
      Life Rendered
      8.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Tick Tock (2014)
      Tick Tock
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2014
    • Desert Noir (2013)
      Desert Noir
      Short
      • Director (as Emily A. Needell)
      • 2013
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      • Emily A. Needell

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