
Directing
Emily Kassie
Born
1992-12-15 (33)
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known for
Directing
Credits
25 titles
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…
Known for
7.5As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
7.0An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Sugarcane
2024
Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope to make a better life for him and his 8 year old brother Mark, as they deal with discrimination in New York City.
Break Kids
2014
NRA documentary immersive for The Guardian and The Marshall Project revealing the history of immigrant detention in America.
Detained
2020
NRChildhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
I Married My Family's Killer
2014
NRAfter passing a series of restrictive housing laws, Miami-Dade County faces an odd predicament: bands of nomadic sex offenders and a cat-and-mouse game to move them.
Banished
2018
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.0An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Sugarcane
2024
7.0An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Sugarcane
2024
7.0An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Sugarcane
2024
Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope to make a better life for him and his 8 year old brother Mark, as they deal with discrimination in New York City.
Break Kids
2014
Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope to make a better life for him and his 8 year old brother Mark, as they deal with discrimination in New York City.
Break Kids
2014
Nasir is five years old and loves to break dance, but the New York Police Department have been cracking down on his dance crew. Nasir's parents hope to make a better life for him and his 8 year old brother Mark, as they deal with discrimination in New York City.
Break Kids
2014
NRA documentary immersive for The Guardian and The Marshall Project revealing the history of immigrant detention in America.
Detained
2020
NRChildhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
I Married My Family's Killer
2014
NRChildhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
I Married My Family's Killer
2014
NRChildhood sweethearts Beatrice and Purudenci plan to wed until Beatrice becomes hunted by Purudenci's family during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
I Married My Family's Killer
2014
NRAfter passing a series of restrictive housing laws, Miami-Dade County faces an odd predicament: bands of nomadic sex offenders and a cat-and-mouse game to move them.
Banished
2018
NRWith The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her husband detained by ICE in a facility where COVID is spreading. Also in this two-part hour, Love, Life & the Virus.
Undocumented in the Pandemic
2020
NRWith The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her husband detained by ICE in a facility where COVID is spreading. Also in this two-part hour, Love, Life & the Virus.
Undocumented in the Pandemic
2020
NRWith The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her husband detained by ICE in a facility where COVID is spreading. Also in this two-part hour, Love, Life & the Virus.
Undocumented in the Pandemic
2020
NRA sensitive examination of child sexual assault, based on the case of a girl who was raped in her New Jersey elementary school by another eleven-year-old student.
A Girl Named C
2018
NRA sensitive examination of child sexual assault, based on the case of a girl who was raped in her New Jersey elementary school by another eleven-year-old student.
A Girl Named C
2018
NRAs a boy, Ward Miles Hall always wanted to be a circus performer. He made the dream a reality. He visited each circus as it came through his hometown. The King of the Sideshows started his career in the 1940's.
Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow
2014
NRAs a boy, Ward Miles Hall always wanted to be a circus performer. He made the dream a reality. He visited each circus as it came through his hometown. The King of the Sideshows started his career in the 1940's.
Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow
2014
NRImmigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon.
I Just Simply Did What He Wanted
2018
NRImmigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon.
I Just Simply Did What He Wanted
2018
NRWhen three Muslim students are brutally killed by their neighbor, will the murders be classified as a hate crime?
Anatomy of Hate
2020
NRWhen three Muslim students are brutally killed by their neighbor, will the murders be classified as a hate crime?
Anatomy of Hate
2020
NRIn this short documentary from The New York Times, we see the impact of Hurricane Harvey's force as its rains bore down on Texas in 2017. We follow a 911 dispatcher and a pastor's daughter who felt nature at its fiercest - and saw humanity at its best.
Into the Deluge
2017
NRIn this short documentary from The New York Times, we see the impact of Hurricane Harvey's force as its rains bore down on Texas in 2017. We follow a 911 dispatcher and a pastor's daughter who felt nature at its fiercest - and saw humanity at its best.
Into the Deluge
2017
