Emma Freeman is an Australian director of television films and series. With her short film ''Lamb'', in 2002 she was the first woman to win

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. Freeman graduated from the

Victorian College of the Arts The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the ...

. In 2002 she wrote, produced and directed a seven-minute film, ''Lamb'', starring

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and

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. ''Lamb'' won Sydney's Tropfest that year, with Freeman being the first women director to win. In 2003 she directed ''Mittens'' for Tinderbox Films. Starring

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, the film was shown at the 2003 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and the 2004 London Australian Film Festival. Early in her career Freeman worked with producer

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Freeman's 2000 short film {{DEFAULTSORT:Freeman, Emma Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Victorian College of the Arts alumni