birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
new york city , new york , u.s. american 27 january 1982 emily carmichael -lrb- filmmaker -rrb-
 emily carmichael writer , director and animator harvard mfa -rrb- university -lrb- ba -rrb- new york university -lrb-
emily carmichael -lrb- filmmaker -rrb-

emily carmichael -lrb- born january 27 , 1982 -rrb- is an american filmmaker and animator .
she wrote , directed , and animated the penny arcade web series `` the adventures of ledo and ix '' and has written and directed several live-action short films that have screened in competition at sundance , tribeca , sxsw , slamdance , and other us and international film festivals .
`` filmmaker '' called her one of the 25 new faces of independent film in its 2013 summer issue .
