Emily Kai Bock (born 1983 or 1984) is a

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writer and film director. In 2017, her short film '' A Funeral for Lightning'' was included in

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's annual

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list of the top 10 Canadian short films of the year, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals. It went on to be nominated for a

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for Best Live Action Short Drama, and won the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film at the

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and an honorable mention for Best U.S. Short and Best Tennessee Short at the

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. In 2014, Bock won the

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for writing and directing a video for the

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song Afterlife and was nominated for Director of the Year at the 2014 Much Music Video Awards."Prism Prize: Arcade Fire's Afterlife Named Best Canadian Music Video"
'' Huffington Post'', March 24, 2014. Bock has also directed notable music videos for Lorde, Grizzly Bear, and

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Early life

Bock was born in 1983 or 1984 in

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. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and sculpture from

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, before studying film production at Concordia University while a resident of the Lab Synthese loft space. In 2012, after directing the music video for

' song " Oblivion", Bock withdrew from her study.

Influences

Bock was influenced by the music videos of Daft Punk, Radiohead, and the Foo Fighters—directed by Spike Jonze,

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, and

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—while growing up. According to Sarah Nicole Prickett of ''

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'', Bock "favours a 'run and gun' style, shooting with precision but not necessarily permission, in locations that feel plucked from memory, and with considerable speed".

Videography

Music videos

Television advertisements

References

External links

* Canadian music video directors Female music video directors Concordia University alumni Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni Living people Film directors from Toronto Canadian women film directors Year of birth uncertain 1980s births {{Canada-film-director-stub