Emily Morus-Jones
Writer, Director, Puppeteer & Puppet Maker
 
Emily Morus-Jones is a queer, poly, Welsh Puppeteer and Puppet maker for film, TV, theatre and live events. Emily began performing puppets on the BBC/Sesame Workshop production of The Furchester Hotel and has trained at the prestigious Curious School of Puppetry.... Read More

Emily Morus-Jones
Writer, Director, Puppeteer & Puppet Maker
 
Emily Morus-Jones is a queer, poly, Welsh Puppeteer and Puppet maker for film, TV, theatre and live events. Emily began performing puppets on the BBC/Sesame Workshop production of The Furchester Hotel and has trained at the prestigious Curious School of Puppetry.

Her first film Diomysus: More than Monogamy, which was made as part of the Ffilm Cymru/BBC Wales first-time filmaker scheme Ffolio was nominated for BAFTA Breakthrough at the 2023 BAFTA Cymru awards after winning 12 awards internationally (which included the prestigious Prix de Varti Award for the Funniest film at the Oscar/BAFTA qualifying Ann Arbor Film Festival), screening at over 40 film festivals internationally (including 4 BAFTA/Oscar qualifying festivals) as well as being broadcast on BBC3.
 
Emily has performed with puppets for high profile clients in the music industry that include Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa, Jam Baxter & Rag’N’Bone Man as well as shows for CBBC, Sky1, Netflix, and ITV. Emily has also worked on several short films and commercials including a Christmas campaign ‘Corky’ for the Dogs’ Trust which was voted ‘The Best Christmas Campaign of 2019’ by The Drum. She has worked in multiple roles ranging from Assistant Puppeteer to Head of Department for creature/puppet design, build, performance and coordination. She hopes to build upon these experiences and pursue her ambitions to perform puppet and creature characters in film and TV and create new content using these mediums.
 
Emily is also an experienced puppet builder having built puppets for clients that include; TheHandspring Puppet Company; KneeHigh Theatre; John Lewis; Netflix; BBC; Cadburys and the band Iron Maiden. Her experience is broad reaching - she has built everything from muppet style puppets to giant puppets to creature SFX.
 
Emily is motivated by trying to find new stories and voices in puppetry. She passionately believes in creatures, monsters and puppets as important storytelling tools and hopes that Diomysus, as her first ever film, will open doors that allow her to keep making new and exciting content that pushes the boundaries on social narratives and storytelling using monsters, puppets and practical FX as her medium for doing so.
 
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