Emma Rappold

Producer, Independent, formerly at Ryder Picture Company
Formats Interested In
TV
Features
Manuscripts
Shorts
Podcasts
Intellectual Property (IP) for Film/TV Development
Particularly Interested In

Sub $15M rom com features (think RYE LANE, PALM SPRINGS, SET IT UP)
$10-50M rom com features (think ANYONE BUT YOU, LAST CHRISTMAS, CRAZY RICH ASIANS)
$10-$50M sweeping, emotional romance features (think THE NOTEBOOK, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, REGRETTING YOU)
Sub $15M horror features (think BODIES BODIES BODIES, THE SUBSTANCE)
YA or new adult romance TV (think THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY, NORMAL PEOPLE, SEX EDUCATION)
YA or new adult thriller TV (think WE WERE LIARS, THE SOCIETY, YELLOWJACKETS)
Books for adaptation, particularly romance and literary fiction

Women Writers
Writers of Color
Writers Outside LA
Authors (Fiction)
Authors (Non-Fiction)
Feature Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Thriller
Horror
Budget Range
All Budget Ranges
TV Formats
Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)
Half-Hour Pilots (multi-cam)
One-Hour Pilots
Miniseries
Limited Series
TV Movies
TV Homes
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Thriller
Horror
Book Genres
Apocalyptic
Autobiographies
Biographies
Book Series
Buddy
Comedy
Coming-of-Age
Crime
Detective
Drama
Dystopian
Erotica
Essays
Family-Friendly
Fantasy
Female-Driven
Futuristic
High-Concept
Historical
Historical Fiction
Holiday
Horror
Literary Fiction
Magic
Memoirs
Middle-Grade Fiction
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Paranormal
Period Piece
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Revenge
Road Trip
Romance
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
Socially Relevant
Sports
Supernatural
Suspense
Thriller
True Crime
True Stories
Women's Fiction
Young Adult (YA) / Teen
Sub-Genres
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Buddy
Coming-of-Age
Crime/True Crime
Dark Comedy
Dystopian
Family-Friendly
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Ghosts
Hallmark
High-Concept
Historical
Holiday
Inspirational
Irreverent
Lifetime
Mockumentary
Mystery
Period Piece
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Road Trip
Romance
Satire
Socially Relevant
Space
Sports
Supernatural
Suspense
True Story
War
Webseries
Workplace
Young Adult (YA)
Specifically Not Interested In

Muscular, violent action

Exec Based In: United States
More about Emma Rappold

Emma Rappold is a film & television producer based in Los Angeles, California. Her work balances clear, authorial vision with commercial accessibility, with an emphasis on championing up-and-coming filmmakers and female-forward content.

Most recently, Emma spent over four years working with Academy Award nominated producer Aaron Ryder (ARRIVAL, MEMENTO, MUD) at Ryder Picture Company. She was a junior executive supporting development, production, and post on ALL OF YOU (Apple), I LOVE BOOSTERS (Neon), AT THE SEA, as well as upcoming releases on ONSLAUGHT (A24), OFFICE ROMANCE (Netflix) starring Jennifer Lopez, and THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (A24) starring Hugh Jackman. As an executive, she led an initiative to identify high-profile book adaptations for the slate, including #1 New York Times bestsellers FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry and BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD by Brynne Weaver. She also worked as a coordinator on DUMB MONEY (Sony), BRUISER (Hulu), and the Marc Rebillet documentary SONGS ABOUT F*CKING. Prior to her time at RPC, she worked at Audio Up Media, a podcast start up with a focus on robust music integrations in both the scripted and unscripted spaces. She collaborated on development, production, publishing, and marketing across 15 podcasts with collaborators including Stephen King, James Ellroy, Machine Gun Kelly, and Miranda Lambert.

Originally from north Texas, Emma began her career recording commercial voice-overs for Radio Disney. She received a Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film and a minor in Art History with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin. She was one of 22 students selected for the Texas Exes’ Forty Acres Scholarship Program, the premier full-ride, merit-based scholarship program at the university. During her time at UT, Emma interned in film and TV development at 10 different companies in 4 different companies, including WME, Annapurna Pictures, Black Bear Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, Roadside Attractions, Mister Smith Entertainment, and Pathe UK.

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