Emily the Criminal

John Patton Ford wrote and directed his first short film, Patrol, in 2010. He thought he was off and running but while he’s remained in the industry in other roles, he had to wait twelve years to finally write and direct his first feature film, Emily the Criminal – which was presented as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) on the eve of its U.

There is an old adage that says, ‘crime doesn’t pay,’ but countless film and television creators have spent a good deal of their creative energies dissecting the ins and outs of that proverb. John Patton Ford, an MFA graduate of the American Film Institute, turns his imaginative eye to law-breaking with the film Emily the Criminal, premiering at Sundance.