Emily Rahimpour is a Creative Director and Filmmaker.
Based in Los Angeles and Paris with an international client list, she creates images and films for leading fashion and beauty houses.
Emily began her career in Paris, working at Chanel with Peter Philips and Ezra Petronio.
After a decade at Chanel, she started her own practice and relocated her studio to Los Angeles while continuing her collaboration with the house of Chanel on a multitude of successful advertising images and films.
Her commercial work is characterized by simple, powerful concepts and rigorous execution.
She has collaborated with acclaimed photographers such as Zoë Ghertner, Tyler Mitchell, Karim Sadli, Harley Weir, Brigitte Lacombe, Roe Ethridge, Alasdair McLellan, Gordon Von Steiner, Sølve Sundsbø, Mario Testino, Richard Burbridge, Peter Lindbergh; and leading image-makers including Lucia Pica, Joe McKenna, Marie Chaix, Stéphane Marais, Marie-Amélie Sauvé, Anastasia Barbieri, Leïla Smara and Charlotte Collet.
In her non-commercial work, Emily explores filmaking through the female gaze and challenges conventional storytelling models.
Based in Los Angeles and Paris with an international client list, she creates images and films for leading fashion and beauty houses.
Emily began her career in Paris, working at Chanel with Peter Philips and Ezra Petronio.
After a decade at Chanel, she started her own practice and relocated her studio to Los Angeles while continuing her collaboration with the house of Chanel on a multitude of successful advertising images and films.
Her commercial work is characterized by simple, powerful concepts and rigorous execution.
She has collaborated with acclaimed photographers such as Zoë Ghertner, Tyler Mitchell, Karim Sadli, Harley Weir, Brigitte Lacombe, Roe Ethridge, Alasdair McLellan, Gordon Von Steiner, Sølve Sundsbø, Mario Testino, Richard Burbridge, Peter Lindbergh; and leading image-makers including Lucia Pica, Joe McKenna, Marie Chaix, Stéphane Marais, Marie-Amélie Sauvé, Anastasia Barbieri, Leïla Smara and Charlotte Collet.
In her non-commercial work, Emily explores filmaking through the female gaze and challenges conventional storytelling models.
Photography by Andrea Spotorno for Cristaseya