Emily Yoshida

Emily Yoshida is a writer and director. Her first television show was Shogun,^[2][3] for which she and the rest of the writing staff won the Writers Guild Awards for Drama Series and New Series in 2025.^[4] She also directed the music video for Speedy Ortiz's song Lucky 88,^[5] and wrote and directed a short film starring Mitski.^[6][7] She was previously a writer for Vulture and New York magazine,^[8] and was published in The New York Times^[9] and Slate.^[10] As influences, she has cited Wong Kar-wai, Alfonso Cuarón,^[11] and Star Trek: The Next Generation.^[1]

In addition to writing and directing, Yoshida co-hosted the podcasts Night Call and Grantland's Girls in Hoodies,^[12][13] and had a cameo acting appearance as a podcaster on the television series Poker Face.^[14]