---
name: "Emma De Swaef"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emma-de-swaef"
fi1m_id: "emma-de-swaef"
imdb_id: "nm2809195"
tmdb_id: 1437799
wikidata_id: "Q84710180"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "1 January 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T20:01:53.366967+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emma De Swaef

## Identity

Emma De Swaef

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emma-de-swaef
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emma-de-swaef
- **IMDb ID:** nm2809195
- **TMDB ID:** 1437799
- **Wikidata ID:** Q84710180
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84710180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2809195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1437799

Producer and director. Born 1 January 1985 in Antwerp, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1985, Antwerp, Belgium
- **Also known as:** Емма де Сваф
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84710180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2809195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1437799

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The House*](https://film.one/film/the-house.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Emma De Swaef is a Belgian stop-motion animator and director. She works as a filmmaking duo with Marc James Roels, with whom she has collaborated since the late 2000s.

De Swaef directed and contributed the story to the first segment of the 2022 Netflix anthology *The House*. She is also known for co-directing and co-writing the stop-motion films *This Magnificent Cake!* (2018) and *Oh Willy...* (2012).

She studied documentary filmmaking at Sint-Lukas in Brussels and began incorporating her craft skills into animation with her graduation film *Zachte Planten* (2008). The duo's work has received numerous festival awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, animafest.hr, nl.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The House* (2022), Fi1m 65, Story, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-house.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The House* (2022), Executive Producer, Story, Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-house.md)
- *This Magnificent Cake!* (2018), Director, Screenplay, Editor, Character Designer, Producer
- *The Garden Ape* (2015), Director
- *Doudou* (2015), Director
- *Fight!* (2014), Director
- *Otto* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Parking Ticket* (2013), Director
- *Stress Man* (2013), Director
- *Sugarman* (2013), Director
- *Oh Willy...* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Soft Plants* (2008), Director
- *Carlo* (2004), Assistant Set Dresser
- *Gnomes*, Director

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