Emma Hough Hobbs

Emma Hough Hobbs is an Australian animator, filmmaker, and production designer. They are best known for co-writing and co-directing the 2025 animated comedy film Lesbian Space Princess, which won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

Education Hough Hobbs completed their studies at Flinders University in 2017 with the Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation. The following year, the Fleurieu Film Festival named them among its young inspiring directors

Career Hough Hobbs works across animation, live-action filmmaking, and production design. Their short film On Film, made under the inaugural Hanlon-Larsen Fellowship, screened at SXSW Sydney in 2023 and won Best Animation at the South Australian Screen Awards.

As a props master, Hough Hobbs has worked on feature films, including Gold and Talk to Me.

Lesbian Space Princess

Lesbian Space Princess is an animated comedy feature co-written and co-directed by Hough Hobbs with Leela Varghese and produced by Tom Phillips (We Made a Thing Studios).

The film premiered at the Berlinale in February 2025, where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film and placed second in the Panorama Audience Award.

Personal life Hough Hobbs is queer and uses she/they pronouns.

2025 Berlin International Film Festival Teddy Award for Best Feature Film

2025 Berlin International Film Festival Panorama Audience Award Lesbian Space Princess 2nd place 2025 AACTA Awards Best Film

2025 Elle Australia Next Gen Award

2025 Ruby Awards Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award